“ELLROY IS THE AUTHOR OF SOME OF THE MOST POWERFUL CRIME NOVELS EVER WRITTEN”- NEW YORK TIMES Danny Upshaw is a Sheriff’s deputy stuck with a bunch of snuffs nobody cares about; they’re his chance to make his name as a cop…and to sate his darkest curiosities. Mal Considine is D.A.’s Bureau brass. He’s climbing on the Red Scare bandwagon to advance his career and to gain custody of his adopted … and to gain custody of his adopted son, a child he saved from the horror of postwar Europe.
Buzz Meeks — bagman, ex-Narco goon, and pimp for Howard Hughes — is fighting communism for the money.
All three men have purchased tickets to a nightmare.
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Los Angeles, 1950. Communist witch hunts and a spate of violent killings throw three men into a complex and dangerous web of lies, deceit and murder.
This is Ellroy’s second novel in the LA Quartet series. Though there are a few nods to the first book, The Black Dahlia, this one is a separate story. As with ‘Dahlia’, the author’s unique style of …
James Ellis’s The Big Nowhere deserves its place as a noir classic. Set in 1950 Los Angeles, the novel defines its genre. It has all the elements: corrupt cops, psychopathic gangsters, femme fatales, Hollywood sleaze, brutality, ubiquitous cruelty, and heroes as bad as they are good.
There are three characters at the center of the story. Rookie …
This much overlooked book is a great read, and really sets up the next book in the series, LA Confidential. Terrific.