MyOwnRobot t1_j6g8rck wrote on January 30, 2023 at 2:41 AM

Love Ellroy! The sequels are also amazing. And the LA Quartet is rightfully considered a classic. LA Confidential is waaay more epic than the movie (which I nonetheless love).

maistb7 OP t1_j6gd6cg wrote on January 30, 2023 at 3:10 AM

That’s high praise and makes me hyped to read LA Confidential. The movie is fantastic.

MyOwnRobot t1_j6gdx2c wrote on January 30, 2023 at 3:15 AM

Great neo-noir that took the characters and a few plot points from the book and made its own thing. But man, the book is sprawling and craaazy, daddy-o!

I did a big re-read of the books recently and it's jarring how conventional his prose style was in the beginning, including the Black Dahlia.

maistb7 OP t1_j6j7sqj wrote on January 30, 2023 at 6:45 PM

I’ve just started The Black Dahlia (good so far) but I agree. His writing was def a bit more stylistic with American tabloid.