The second novel in Ellroy's second 'L.A. Quartet', which began with the publication of Perfidia in 2014.
Date- 2003-05-13
James Ellroy was born in Los Angeles in 1948. He is the author of
the 'Underworld U.S.A. Trilogy' - American Tabloid, The Cold Six
Thousand and Blood's a Rover - and the 'L.A. Quartet' novels, The
Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere,L.A. Confidential andWhite Jazz. He
lives in Colorado.
Ellroy writes with raw power … James Ellroy writes big … Ellroy is
undeniably one of the most influential crime writers of our time.
But can the raw energy of his fiction outweigh the disgustingness
and balderdash? Yes; if you see his novels as antidotes to the fake
sunshine that Los Angeles, via the big screen, has blown in the
world’s face for a century.
*The Times*
James Ellroy is one of America’s greatest living crime novelists …
This Storm [is] a tangled fever-dream set in 1942 Los Angeles …
Good, unclean fun … Ellroy offers a grandiose, Wagnerian vision of
wartime LA … Packed with almost every Ellroy obsession under the
sun: murder, robbery, rape and torture; small-time corruption and
big-time history; sexual intrigue and moral ambivalence; lust,
yearning, racism, alcoholism, degeneracy and drug abuse; plastic
surgery, prostitution, policemen and paedophilia; scandal, sodomy
and sin … I will live and die an Ellroy fanboy.
*Sunday Times*
Ellroy remains one of the most exciting literary stylists in the
English language … It’s been five years since the last novel from
the self-described “Demon Dog” of American letters, but it’s worth
the wait. Like all good jazzmen, Ellroy works very hard indeed to
make his music flow so easily.
*Guardian*
James Ellroy writes coarse, prurient, paranoid novels that often
turn out to be masterpieces ... Truffling for atrocities in the
dirty reality of crime seems to inspire him with a demonic energy
that his distinctive telegraphic style is the perfect instrument to
convey … There are some terrific stretches – including an account
of the “Battle of Los Angeles”, the night in 1942 when a mass
delusion arose that the city was under aerial attack – that ranks
among his best setpieces.
*Daily Telegraph*
Ellroy has never been a five-pages-before-bed kind of writer; his
vision is more the fever dream after lights out.
*Observer*
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