Love me fierce in danger the life of James Ellroy
"The first biography of James Ellroy, telling the extraordinary story of his lifelong obsessions with crime, sex, and America's secret history"--
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| Format: | UnknownFormat |
| Sprache: | eng |
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New York, London, Oxford, New Delhi, Sydney
Bloomsbury Academic
2023
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Ellroy, James
> Novelists, American
> BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary
> Biografie: Schriftsteller
> Biography: literary
> Englisch
> English
> LIT024060
> LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General
> LITERARY CRITICISM / Mystery & Detective
> Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
> Literary studies: from c 1900 -
> Literaturwissenschaft: 1900 bis 2000
> Literaturwissenschaft: Prosa, Erzählung, Roman, Autoren
> Literaturwissenschaft: ab 2000
> USA
> Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA
> Biografie
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| Zusammenfassung: | "The first biography of James Ellroy, telling the extraordinary story of his lifelong obsessions with crime, sex, and America's secret history"-- "As gripping and twisted as a James Ellroy novel." - Ian Rankin"A masterpiece of literary biography." - David PeaceThe first critical biography of a titan of American crime fiction. Love Me Fierce In Danger is the story of James Ellroy, one of the most provocative and singular figures in American literature. The so-called "Demon Dog of Crime Fiction," Ellroy enjoys a celebrity status and notoriety that few authors can match. However, traumas from the past have shadowed his literary success.When Ellroy was ten years old, his mother was brutally murdered. The crime went unsolved, and her death marked the start of a long and turbulent road for Ellroy that has included struggles with alcoholism, drug addiction, homelessness, and jail time. In tracing his life and career, Steven Powell reveals how Ellroy's upbringing in LA, always on the periphery of Hollywood, had a profound and dark influence on his work as a novelist. Using new sources, Powell also uncovers Ellroy's family secrets, including the mysterious first marriage of his mother Jean Ellroy, eighteen years before her murder. At its heart, Love Me Fierce in Danger is the story of how Ellroy overcame his demons to become the bestselling and celebrated author of such classics as The Black Dahlia and LA Confidential.Informed by interviews with friends, family, peers, and literary and Hollywood collaborators, as well as extensive conversations with Ellroy himself, Love Me Fierce In Danger pulls back the curtain on an enigmatic figure who has courted acclaim and controversy with equal zealotry |
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| Beschreibung: | x, 334 Seiten Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9781501367311 978-1-5013-6731-1 |