The Big Nowhere - Couverture souple

Ellroy, James

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0446674370 ISBN 13 : 9780446674379

Editeur : Grand Central Publishing, 1998

Synopsis

The D. A.'s brass, a sheriff's deputy, and a rough-and-tumble bagman are unknowingly chasing a nightmare in this thrilling novel from the author of "some of the most powerful crime novels ever written" (New York Times).

Los Angeles, 1950 Red crosscurrents: the Commie Scare and a string of brutal mutilation killings. Gangland intrigue and Hollywood sleaze. Three cops caught in a hellish web of ambition, perversion, and deceit. 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 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.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Los Angeles, 1950 Red crosscurrents: the Commie Scare and a string of brutal mutilation killings. Gangland intrigue and Hollywood sleaze. Three cops caught in a hellish web of ambition, perversion, and deceit. 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 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.

Revue de presse

"Epic, obsessively imagined history" (The Face)

"Like Hammett and Chandler, but Ellroy adds layers they never dared.One of the most compelling crime novels in a long time" (Philadelphia Enquirer)

"One of the best and most important writers in America today" (Vox)

"The man who calls himself "the demon dog" of American crime fiction is still the classiest act around" (Daily Mail)

"Ellroy is the author of some of the most powerful crime novels ever written" (New York Times)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Grand Central Publishing
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0446674370
• ISBN 13: 9780446674379
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 416
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible