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James Ellroy's L.A. Confidential is film-noir crime fiction akin to Chinatown,Hollywood Babylon, Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, and Jim Thompson. It's about threetortured souls in the 1950s L.A.P.D.: Ed Exley, the clean-cut cop who lives shivering in the shadow of hisdad, a legendary cop... read more
First Sentence
Bud White in an unmarked, watching the "1951" on the City Hall Christmas tree blink.
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Authors & Contributors
- James Ellroy (Author)
- Zhichao Chen
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