L.A. Confidential (L.A. Quartet, #3)
James Ellroy
Christmas 1951, Los Angeles: a city where the police are as corrupt as the criminals. Six prisoners are beaten senseless in their cells by cops crazed on alcohol. For the three LAPD detectives involved, it will expose the guilty secrets on which they have built their corrupt and violent careers. The novel takes these cops on a sprawling epic of brutal violence and the murderous seedy side of Hollywood. One of the best crime novels ever written, it is the heart of Ellroy's four-novel masterpiece, the LA Quartet, and an example of crime writing at its most powerful.
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0This book made my head hurt but not in a bad way. A shitload of characters and turns left and right. I've been reading it sporadically for a month now, and want to read it again. On a beach. And straight through with no interruptions. I think I missed some things in this fast paced crime novel.
I read it 3 days too late for book club. Go me. And for once, I'm glad I saw the movie first because it's one of my favorites. And if I had read the book first, and then heard about the movie I would have said 'it couldn't be done!'. And they did it - with a lot of editing. But both still fantastic.
I seriously can't wait to read it again when more time is on my side.
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