The Big Nowhere
Published on 17. February 1994
Book
Paperback/Softback
496 pages
978-0-09-936661-4 (ISBN)
Description
1950s Los Angeles: The City of Angels has become the city of the Angel of Death. Communist witch-hunts and insanely violent killings are terrorising the community. Three men are plunged into a maelstrom of violence and deceit when their lives become inextricably linked as each one confronts his own personal darkness. Told with Ellroy's characteristically forceful and relentless style, The Big Nowhere is the link between the Black Dahlia and LA Confidential in his masterwork, The LA Quartet. It is as powerful and thrilling as crime fiction gets.
Reviews / Votes
"Epic, obsessively imagined history" * The Face * "Like Hammett and Chandler, but Ellroy adds layers they never dared.One of the most compelling crime novels in a long time" * Philadelphia Enquirer * "One of the best and most important writers in America today" * Vox * "The man who calls himself "the demon dog" of American crime fiction is still the classiest act around" * Daily Mail * "Ellroy is the author of some of the most powerful crime novels ever written" * New York Times *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Cornerstone
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 31 mm
Weight
341 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-09-936661-4 (9780099366614)
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Person
James Ellroy was born in Los Angeles in 1948. He is the author of the acclaimed LA Quartet: The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, LA Confidential and White Jazz, as well as his Underworld USA trilogy; American Tabloid, The Cold Six Thousand and Blood's A Rover.