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Destination

Morgue

James Ellroy

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Arrow Books Ltd
26 January 2017
The second volume of the James Ellroy's previously uncollected writings- true crime, sex, scandal and a sizzling new novella.

Hollywood Fuckpad, Hot Prowl Rape-O and Jungletown Jihad are vintage Ellroy- starting in 1983 and ending in the present day, they are interlinked novellas telling the story of a bad cop, Rick Jenson, and his twenty-year obsession with Donna Donahue, a beautiful Hollywood actress. The only way Rick can get close to Donna is by bringing her into investigations of the teeming Tinseltown underworld- psychopathic killers, stalkers and terrorists commingle in an unholy cocktail of sex, sleaze and violence. Jenson and Donahue cut a swathe through the cases, treading a high wire of danger and a fatal sexual attraction.

The book also contains eight previously unpublished non-fiction articles ranging from cases from the Los Angeles Police Unsolved Homicide files to the first article Ellroy has ever written on his imaginative process- Where I Get My Weird Shit.

This is James Ellroy's second collection of short pieces following on from Dick Contino's Blues.

'James Ellroy is a genius- the finest American crime writer since Raymond Chandler, and one of the most readable experimental writers in the world' TLS

'All Ellroy's preoccupations are present- corruption, sex, violence, unsolved murders and excess by the dozen. As ever the results are as fascinating as a car crash' Guardian

'One of the finest US writers. Admirers will be pleased to learn that Ellroy's Mad Dog voice barks as loudly as ever, continuing to create it's own howling, breathtaking brand of powerful, pumped-up poetry' City Life
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Imprint:   Arrow Books Ltd
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 129mm,  Spine: 24mm
Weight:   277g
ISBN:   9781784757052
ISBN 10:   1784757055
Pages:   400
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

James Ellroy was born in Los Angeles in 1948. He is the author of the acclaimed LA Quartet, The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, LA Confidential and White Jazz, as well as the first two parts of his Underworld USA trilogy, American Tabloid and The Cold Six Thousand which were both Sunday Times bestsellers.

Reviews for Destination: Morgue

...an autumn must-have Ladsmag James Ellory is a genius: the finest American crime writer since Raymond Chandler, and one of the most readable experimental writers in the world TLS All Ellroy's preoccupations are present: corruption, sex, violence, unsolved murders and excess by the dozen. As ever the results are fascinating as a car crash Guardian One of the finest US writers. Admirers will be pleased to learn that Ellroy's Mad Dog voice barks as loudly as ever, continuing to create its own howling, breathtaking brand of powerful, pumped-up poetry City Life


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