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Dick Contino's Blues And Other Stories

James Ellroy

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English
Arrow
10 November 1995
James Ellroys epochal first collection of short fiction

Dick Contino - 50s accordian player, a star in the making, is destroyed by a draft-dodging scandal. His life is on the skids until he comes up with the idea of resurrecting his career with a fake kidnapping scam.

meanwhile a serial killer is on the loose in Los Angeles...a killer who is closer to Contino than he suspects - a killer who wants in on the kidnap - for real...

Plus five previously unpublished short stories.
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Imprint:   Arrow
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 129mm,  Spine: 12mm
Weight:   129g
ISBN:   9780099410119
ISBN 10:   0099410117
Pages:   368
Publication Date:  
Recommended Age:   From 0 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

James Ellroy was born in Los Angeles in 1948. His L.A. Quartet novels - The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, L.A. Confidential and White Jazz were international bestsellers. His novel American Tabloid was Time magazine's Best Book (fiction) of 1995; his memoir, My Dark Places, was Time magazine's Best Book and New York Times notable book for 1996. He lives in Kansas City.

Reviews for Dick Contino's Blues And Other Stories

Not since the days of Hammett and Chandler has the crime novel been so eloquent and seductive * VOX * James Ellroy writes like a man possessed about men possessed * David Pascoe, Modern Review * The outstanding American crime-writer of his generation * Peter Gutteridge, Independent *


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