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Hollywood Nocturnes

Author : James Ellroy
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0593312260
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (933 download)

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Download or read book Hollywood Nocturnes written by James Ellroy and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2021-02-16 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in Los Angeles from 1947 to 1959, Hollywood Nocturnes gives us an afterword and six stories set in the same crime-ridden, sex-crazed period of history of James Ellroy's L.A. Quartet novels (which include L.A. Confidential and The Big Nowhere). Dig this: the swinging sax man's doing repos and plotting a kidnapping-of himself; a tommy gun is ripping apart windows, curtains, and bodies in High Darktown; a carhop at Scrivner's is keeping two extremely sweet sugar daddies, Howard Hughes and mobster Mickey Cohen, happy-until the scene turns murderous. This is the hip-hop hard-edged world of L.A. 1950s style: cars with fins, Commies in closets, starmakers with come-ons, ex-cons with guns, and cops with mean streaks as wide as Sunset Strip. James Ellroy's bizarre, stark tales dazzle us with their unexpected humor, raw brutality, and slightly lighter-than-usual noir realism. Hollywood Nocturnes is quintessential Ellroy: bluesy, black, and very, very hot.

James Ellroy

Author : Jim Mancall
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786433078
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book James Ellroy written by Jim Mancall and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-14 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive guide to James Ellroy's work and life is arranged as an encyclopedia covering his entire career, from his first private-eye novel, Brown's Requiem, to his 2012 e-book Shakedown. It introduces new readers to his characters and plots, and provides experienced Ellroy fans and scholars with detailed analyses of the themes, motifs and stylistic innovations of his books. The work is a tour of Ellroy's dark underworld, highlighting the controversies and unsettling questions that characterize his work, as well as assessing Ellroy's place in the annals of American literature.

Serial Crime Fiction

Author : Carolina Miranda
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137483695
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (374 download)

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Download or read book Serial Crime Fiction written by Carolina Miranda and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-02-12 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Serial Crime Fiction is the first book to focus explicitly on the complexities of crime fiction seriality. Covering definitions and development of the serial form, implications of the setting, and marketing of the series, it studies authors such as Doyle, Sayers, Paretsky, Ellroy, Marklund, Camilleri, Borges, across print, film and television.

A Thousand Cuts

Author : Dennis Bartok
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1496808606
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (968 download)

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Download or read book A Thousand Cuts written by Dennis Bartok and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2016-08-25 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Thousand Cuts is a candid exploration of one of America's strangest and most quickly vanishing subcultures. It is about the death of physical film in the digital era and about a paranoid, secretive, eccentric, and sometimes obsessive group of film-mad collectors who made movies and their projection a private religion in the time before DVDs and Blu-rays. The book includes the stories of film historian/critic Leonard Maltin, TCM host Robert Osborne discussing Rock Hudson's secret 1970s film vault, RoboCop producer Jon Davison dropping acid and screening King Kong with Jefferson Airplane at the Fillmore East, and Academy Award-winning film historian Kevin Brownlow recounting his decades-long quest to restore the 1927 Napoleon. Other lesser-known but equally fascinating subjects include one-legged former Broadway dancer Tony Turano, who lives in a Norma Desmond-like world of decaying movie memories, and notorious film pirate Al Beardsley, one of the men responsible for putting O. J. Simpson behind bars. Authors Dennis Bartok and Jeff Joseph examine one of the least-known episodes in modern legal history: the FBI's and Justice Department's campaign to harass, intimidate, and arrest film dealers and collectors in the early 1970s. Many of those persecuted were gay men. Victims included Planet of the Apes star Roddy McDowall, who was arrested in 1974 for film collecting and forced to name names of fellow collectors, including Rock Hudson and Mel Tormé. A Thousand Cuts explores the obsessions of the colorful individuals who created their own screening rooms, spent vast sums, negotiated underground networks, and even risked legal jeopardy to pursue their passion for real, physical film.

Love Me Fierce In Danger

Author : Steven Powell
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1501367331
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Love Me Fierce In Danger written by Steven Powell and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2023-01-12 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "As gripping and twisted as a James Ellroy novel." - Ian Rankin "A masterpiece of literary biography." - David Peace The first critical biography of a titan of American crime fiction. Love Me Fierce In Danger is the story of James Ellroy, one of the most provocative and singular figures in American literature. The so-called “Demon Dog of Crime Fiction,” Ellroy enjoys a celebrity status and notoriety that few authors can match. However, traumas from the past have shadowed his literary success. When Ellroy was ten years old, his mother was brutally murdered. The crime went unsolved, and her death marked the start of a long and turbulent road for Ellroy that has included struggles with alcoholism, drug addiction, homelessness, and jail time. In tracing his life and career, Steven Powell reveals how Ellroy's upbringing in LA, always on the periphery of Hollywood, had a profound and dark influence on his work as a novelist. Using new sources, Powell also uncovers Ellroy's family secrets, including the mysterious first marriage of his mother Jean Ellroy, eighteen years before her murder. At its heart, Love Me Fierce in Danger is the story of how Ellroy overcame his demons to become the bestselling and celebrated author of such classics as The Black Dahlia and LA Confidential. Informed by interviews with friends, family, peers, and literary and Hollywood collaborators, as well as extensive conversations with Ellroy himself, Love Me Fierce In Danger pulls back the curtain on an enigmatic figure who has courted acclaim and controversy with equal zealotry.

Making Music in Selznick's Hollywood

Author : Nathan Platte
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199371113
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (993 download)

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Download or read book Making Music in Selznick's Hollywood written by Nathan Platte and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Iconic images from fiery scenes of catharsis in Gone With the Wind and Rebecca to The Third Man's decadent cinematography have proven inseparable from their accompanying melodies. From the 1910s-50s, producer David O. Selznick depended upon music to distinguish his films from his competitors'. By demonstrating music's value in film and encouraging its distribution through sheet music, concerts, radio broadcasts, and soundtrack albums, Selznick changed audiences' relationship to movie music. But what role did Selznick play in the actual music composition that distinguished his productions, and how was that music made? As the first of its kind to consider film music from the perspective of a producer, this book tells the story of the evolution of Selznick's style through the many artists whose work defined Hollywood sound.

The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English

Author : Tom Dalzell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134194781
Total Pages : 1120 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (341 download)

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Download or read book The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English written by Tom Dalzell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-07-25 with total page 1120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English offers the ultimate record of modern American Slang. The 25,000 entries are accompanied by citations that authenticate the words as well as offer lively examples of usage from popular literature, newspapers, magazines, movies, television shows, musical lyrics, and Internet user groups. Etymology, cultural context, country of origin and the date the word was first used are also provided. This informative, entertaining and sometimes shocking dictionary is an unbeatable resource for all language aficionados out there.

100 Most Popular Contemporary Mystery Authors

Author : Bernard A. Drew
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1598844466
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (988 download)

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Download or read book 100 Most Popular Contemporary Mystery Authors written by Bernard A. Drew and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-05-18 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provide your mystery fans with background information on their favorite writers and series characters, and use this as a guide for adding contemporary titles to your collections. This book examines 100 of today's top mystery novels and mystery authors hailing from countries such as the United States, Great Britain, France, Italy, South Africa, and Australia. Equally valuable to students writing research papers, readers craving new authors or more information about their favorite authors, and teachers seeking specific types of fiction to support curricula, 100 Most Popular Contemporary Mystery Authors: Biographical Sketches and Bibliographies provides revealing information about today's best mysteries and authorswithout any "spoilers." Each of the accomplished writers included in this guide has established a broad audience and is recognized for work that is imaginative and innovative. The rising stars of 21st century mystery will also be included, as will authors who have won the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award.

Russell Crowe: The Unauthorized Biography

Author : James L. Dickerson
Publisher : Schirmer Trade Books
ISBN 13 : 085712501X
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (571 download)

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Download or read book Russell Crowe: The Unauthorized Biography written by James L. Dickerson and published by Schirmer Trade Books. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Academy Award in 2001 for his performance in Gladiator and the Golden Globe in 2002 for his starring role in A Beautiful Mind, Russell Crowe is the hottest actor in movies today. This biography traces his career from rock 'n' roller (he still sings and plays guitar with his band, Thirty Odd Foot Of Grunts) to Australian stage, film and TV actor to Hollywood star in movies such as L.A. Confidential and The Insider.

The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English

Author : Tom Dalzell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317372522
Total Pages : 864 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English written by Tom Dalzell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 864 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Booklist Top of the List Reference Source The heir and successor to Eric Partridge's brilliant magnum opus, The Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, this two-volume New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English is the definitive record of post WWII slang. Containing over 60,000 entries, this new edition of the authoritative work on slang details the slang and unconventional English of the English-speaking world since 1945, and through the first decade of the new millennium, with the same thorough, intense, and lively scholarship that characterized Partridge's own work. Unique, exciting and, at times, hilariously shocking, key features include: unprecedented coverage of World English, with equal prominence given to American and British English slang, and entries included from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, India, South Africa, Ireland, and the Caribbean emphasis on post-World War II slang and unconventional English published sources given for each entry, often including an early or significant example of the term’s use in print. hundreds of thousands of citations from popular literature, newspapers, magazines, movies, and songs illustrating usage of the headwords dating information for each headword in the tradition of Partridge, commentary on the term’s origins and meaning New to this edition: A new preface noting slang trends of the last five years Over 1,000 new entries from the US, UK and Australia New terms from the language of social networking Many entries now revised to include new dating, new citations from written sources and new glosses The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English is a spectacular resource infused with humour and learning – it’s rude, it’s delightful, and it’s a prize for anyone with a love of language.

The Essential Mystery Lists

Author : Roger M Sobin
Publisher : Poisoned Pen Press Inc
ISBN 13 : 1615952039
Total Pages : 591 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (159 download)

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Download or read book The Essential Mystery Lists written by Roger M Sobin and published by Poisoned Pen Press Inc. This book was released on 2011-09-30 with total page 591 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time in one place, Roger M. Sobin has compiled a list of nominees and award winners of virtually every mystery award ever presented. He has also included many of the “best of” lists by more than fifty of the most important contributors to the genre.; Mr. Sobin spent more than two decades gathering the data and lists in this volume, much of that time he used to recheck the accuracy of the material he had collected. Several of the “best of” lists appear here for the first time in book form. Several others have been unavailable for a number of years.; Of special note, are Anthony Boucher’s “Best Picks for the Year.” Boucher, one of the major mystery reviewers of all time, reviewed for The San Francisco Chronicle, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, and The New York Times. From these resources Mr. Sobin created “Boucher’s Best” and “Important Lists to Consider,” lists that provide insight into important writing in the field from 1942 through Boucher’s death in 1968.? This is a great resource for all mystery readers and collectors.; ; Winner of the 2008 Macavity Awards for Best Mystery Nonfiction.

The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: J-Z

Author : Eric Partridge
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780415259385
Total Pages : 1150 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (593 download)

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Download or read book The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: J-Z written by Eric Partridge and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2006 with total page 1150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Entry includes attestations of the head word's or phrase's usage, usually in the form of a quotation. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Noches en Hollywood

Author : James Ellroy
Publisher : EDB FICCION
ISBN 13 : 9788466638449
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book Noches en Hollywood written by James Ellroy and published by EDB FICCION. This book was released on 2009-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Por el autor de los superventas L. A. Confidential y La Dalia Negra. A la deriva en el brumoso Hollywood de los cincuenta, Dick Contino, un acordeonista prácticamente acabado, trata de dar un empujón a su carrera perpetrando un secuestro perfecto: el suy

Like Hot Knives to the Brain

Author : Peter Wolfe
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 9780739120026
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Like Hot Knives to the Brain written by Peter Wolfe and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James Ellroy's prose, in many ways as complex as any in the Western literary canon, strung together sensational stories of crime and catastrophe. The significance of his writing to Western culture has yet to be fully explored. Author Peter Wolfe offers us the first book-length study of Ellroy in English.

Conversations with James Ellroy

Author : Steven Powell
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1617031054
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Conversations with James Ellroy written by Steven Powell and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2012-01-05 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a novelist who has spent years crafting and refining his intense and oft outrageous “Demon Dog of American Crime Fiction” persona, James Ellroy has used interviews as a means of shaping narratives outside of his novels. Conversations with James Ellroy covers a series of interviews given by Ellroy from 1984 to 2010, in which Ellroy discusses his literary contribution and his public and private image. Born Lee Earle Ellroy in 1948, James Ellroy is one of the most critically acclaimed and controversial contemporary writers of crime and historical fiction. Ellroy’s complex narratives, which merge history and fiction, have pushed the boundaries of the crime fiction genre: American Tabloid, a revisionist look at the Kennedy era, was Time magazine’s Novel of the Year 1995, and his novels L.A. Confidential and The Black Dahlia were adapted into films. Much of Ellroy’s remarkable life story has served as the template for the personal obsessions that dominate his writing. From the brutal, unsolved murder of his mother, to his descent into alcohol and drug abuse, his sexual voyeurism, and his stints at the Los Angeles County Jail, Ellroy has lived through a series of hellish experiences that few other writers could claim. In Conversations with James Ellroy, Ellroy talks extensively about his life, his literary influences, his persona, and his attitudes towards politics and religion. In interviews with fellow crime writers Craig McDonald, David Peace, and others, including several previously unpublished interviews, Ellroy is at turns charismatic and eloquent, combative and enigmatic.

Endangered Species

Author : Lawrence Grobel
Publisher : Da Capo Press
ISBN 13 : 0786751622
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (867 download)

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Download or read book Endangered Species written by Lawrence Grobel and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2009-09-09 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Norman Mailer once told Lawrence Grobel that writers may be an endangered species. And Saul Bellow said, "The country has changed so, that what I do no longer signifies anything, as it did when I was young." But to judge from this collection, writers and writing aren't done for quite yet. Sometimes serious, sometimes funny, sometimes caustic, always passionate, the twelve writers in Endangered Species memorably state their case for what they do and how they do it. And they even offer an opinion or two about other writers and about the entire publishing food chain: from agents to publishers to booksellers to critics.

Poetry Los Angeles

Author : Laurence Goldstein
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472052241
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Poetry Los Angeles written by Laurence Goldstein and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2014-03-12 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A look at the poetry of one of America’s most populous and fascinating cities, with poems spanning from 1942 to 2012