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James Ellroy

Lee Earle "James" Ellroy is an American crime fiction writer and essayist. Ellroy has become known for a telegrammatic prose style in his most recent work, wherein he frequently omits connecting words and uses only short, staccato sentences, and in particular for the novels The Black Dahlia (1987), The Big Nowhere (1988), L.A. Confidential (1990), White Jazz (1992), American Tabloid (1995), The Cold Six Thousand (2001), and Blood's a Rover (2009). -- Wikipedia

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American novelist, short story writer, essayist, memoirist

Born 4 March 1948

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American novelist, short story writer, essayist, memoirist

Born 4 March 1948

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Fiction Los angeles (calif.), fiction Fiction, mystery & detective, general Fiction, mystery & detective, hard-boiled California, fiction Detective and mystery stories Police Crime, fiction Murder American Detective and mystery stories Investigation Crime Romans, nouvelles Biography Fiction, crime Los Angeles (Calif.). Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Department Novela American fiction American literature Authors, biography Conspiracies Criminals Ficción Fiction, general

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California Los Angeles Los Angeles (Calif.) United States États-Unis Baker Street Dallas (Tex.) Hollywood Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) John F. Kennedy International Airport Las Vegas Las Vegas (Nev.) London Los Angeles (California) Los Ángeles Nevada New Jersey Paris San Francisco (Calif.) rabbit room États-unis

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James Ellroy (1948-) Archie Bucky Bleichert C. Auguste Dupin Cindy Morrison Duncan Ross Elizabeth Short (1924-1947) Jabez Wilson Jimmy McCann John Clay John H. Watson Lee Blanchard Minister D— Mr. Merryweather Police Inspector Jones Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon Richard Morrison Sherlock Holmes Victor Donatti Vincent Spaulding

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20th century 1890 1940s and 1950s 1946 1947 1960-1980 1963-1969 1969-1974 20e siècle Siglo XX

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  • Ellroy James
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