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We litigate therefore we are: Ellroy and Condi Nast may have to suck fur; drummed out of U.S., rock legend Ginger Baker will solo polo in South Africa; and (not again!) the Freemasons are cookin' up a world-domination scheme!
We all know Ellroy as the loquacious author of nouveau noir mysteries like "The ... One of Ellroy's gifts is his ability to seamlessly weave real characters into ...
By Douglas Cruickshank
Saturday, June 5, 1999
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Stylish 'L.A. Confidential' kicks in too late.
"HARDnovelist James Ellroy has pronounced, "is the history of bad white men doing ... Ellroy's novel is a ferocious, caterwauling slab of pulp -- a big Buick 6 of a ...
By Dwight Garner
Sunday, October 19, 1997
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With his latest tale of epic conspiracy and evil, Ellroy takes crime fiction as far as it can go -- and maybe even farther.
Because Ellroy knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men, and a few women, too, that's why. ... Ellroy may not be as good a writer as ... Ellroy took risks. ...
By Allen Barra
Wednesday, June 13, 2001
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What do the Osaka mafia, Snoop Dogg, Chuck Jones and Charles Keating Jr. have in common?
Killer, Ellroy and Marla's pumps ... Ellroy, who has recently been let out of his kennel to promote "Crime Wave," a ... Ellroy's own mother -- who, he says, ...
By Douglas Cruickshank
Thursday, April 15, 1999
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Laura Miller interviews James Ellroy, Salon's 1996 Best Books of the Year Winner
james Ellroy is a ... For over 15 years, Ellroy has been writing crime novels set in ... exposure requires a cast-iron ego, which Ellroy possesses in spades. ...
By Laura Miller
Monday, December 9, 1996
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Film critic-turned-crime writer Helen Knode on her first novel, the soul-crushing deadness of Hollywood, the greatness of "Titanic" and her relationship with husband James Ellroy.
In 1991, Helen married crime writer James Ellroy and quit the Weekly. ... her and Ellroy, Knode reports that the book was "a crushing intellectual and ...
By Barbara O'Dair
Wednesday, April 2, 2003
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... by James Ellroy ... of epic conspiracy and evil, Ellroy takes crime fiction as far as ... The extras present Los Angeles in all its glittering, sometimes ...
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They are the heroes and victims upon which we affix life's tragic lessons and drill them into your head. Plus: Is James Ellroy snubbing L.A.?
Plus: Is James Ellroy snubbing L.A.? By Jenn Shreve ... ready to embrace homegrown James Ellroy, the noir author has settled down ...
By Jenn Shreve
Friday, December 10, 1999
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Senate passes Matthew Shepard hate crimes bill ... Plus: Is James Ellroy snubbing L.A.? By Jenn Shreve December 10, 1999. Letters to the Editor ...
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These pernicious moments brought to you by your elected leaders. ... Plus: Is James Ellroy snubbing L.A.? By Jenn Shreve December 10, 1999 ...
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Prestige pulp offers jaded readers cheap wine in fancy bottles
The Washington establishment suffers a serious defeat. Glenn Beck's white ... haute-genre writers like James Ellroy ("American Tabloid") and Thomas Harris ...
By Laura Miller
Monday, August 19, 1996
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The men behind the ballsy "Fight Club" talk about anti-consumerism, annoying boomerisms and how to make soap out of human fat.
... into discussing a tentative adaptation of James Ellroy's "Black Dahlia." He won me over when he was asked whether he thought Ellroy was from another planet. ...
By Michael Sragow
Thursday, October 14, 1999
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Novelist Craig Nova talks about Camus, New England exotica, and what it's like to be a writers' writer.
I like Ellroy. There is an intensity in his work that I really admire. I mention Ellroy because when he was a kid his mother was murdered like Kohler's ...
By David Bowman
Thursday, October 7, 2004
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In his first collection in English, an expatriate Vietnamese author tells grueling (and highly original) stories of suffering.
The Washington establishment suffers a serious defeat. Werner Herzog among ... Coral Reef" reads more like James Ellroy or Georges Bataille than like Hemingway ...
By Judith Coburn
Tuesday, July 20, 1999
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Amazon: "An embarrassing and ham ... The Cold Six Thousand by James Ellroy ... latest tale of epic conspiracy and evil, Ellroy takes crime fiction as far as it ...
Monday, September 10, 2001
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Ex-con and man of letters Edward Bunker discusses his new memoir, "Education of a Felon," and life as an upstanding citizen.
... praise from the likes of James Ellroy, who calls him "a true original of ... Unlike his great friend James Ellroy who "makes everything up," Bunker says he ...
By Stephen Lemons
Monday, April 24, 2000
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Sex on dirty carpets, betrayal, decapitation, spirit possession, mega-money and a defendant they're calling the "Black Widow." Can Las Vegas' latest lurid trial be good for its image? You bet.
Greg Craig and Obama's worsening civil liberties record. Creationism vs. atheism: ... immersed in plots worthy of Elmore Leonard, James Ellroy or Tony Soprano. ...
By Douglas Cruickshank
Thursday, March 29, 2001
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Diamonds are a boy's best friend in this crackling novel of scams, sex and druggy escapades in the jewel trade.
The Washington establishment suffers a serious defeat. Could "New Moon" be ... to Sell" is like a James Ellroy novel for people (like Bobby, improbably enough) ...
By Laura Miller
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
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Have some young lesbians taken a cue from mainstream rap on how to treat women? ... Plus: Is James Ellroy snubbing L.A.? By Jenn Shreve December 10, 1999 ...
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The musings of an obsessive-compulsive office worker, the memoirs of a literary master and more.
The Asiatic vs. Italian fake hair showdown. Bill Clinton wants to know ... by James Ellroy ... epic conspiracy and evil, Ellroy takes crime fiction as far ...
Monday, November 12, 2001
