Bøger af James Ellroy

Detective Sergeant Lloyd Hopkins can't stand music, or any loud sounds. He's got a beautiful wife, but he can't get enough of other women. And instead of bedtime stories, he regales his daughters with bloody crime stories. He's a thinking man's cop with a dark past and an obsessive drive to hunt down monsters who prey on the innocent. Now there's something haunting him. He sees a connection in a series of increasingly gruesome murders of women committed over a period of twenty years. Hopkins will dump all the rules and risk his career to make the final link and get the killer.

Dig it. A famous musician-cum-draft dodger is plotting the perfect celebrity snatch- his own. An ex-con raging on revenge in High Darktown becomes a cop's worst nightmare. While chasing kidnappers, two cops stumble on an okie town as bloody as the O.K. Corral. A strongarm for Howard Hughes and mobster Mickey Cohen finds himself playing both ends against the middle, all for a murderously magnificent moll. This is L.A., Ellroy style- corrupt cops, goons with guns, rattling roadsters- and all in the staccato rhythm of the streets. "Hollywood Nocturnes" shows us the seedy side of glamorous Hollywood, laid out like a corpse in the morgue.

I denne politiske thriller giver James Ellroy nyt liv til teorierne omkring snigmordet på præsident John F. Kennedy. Gennem krimiens hovedpersoner, tre tidligere FBI-agenter - alle med hver deres blakkede ry -, oprulles begivenheder, der leder op til præsidentmordet den 22. november 1963. Det handler om mafiaens og fagbevægelses had til Kennedy-brødrene. Om CIA-trænede eksilcubanere og invasionen i Svinebugten. Selv ikke Kennedy-familiens egen fortid udlades. Trådene samles langsomt, men sikkert og peger til sidst i retning af en uhyggeligt sandsynlig forklaring på mordet, der rystede verden. Bogen er første del af James Ellroys trilogi "Underworld USA". "American Tabloid" blev kåret som årets bedste roman af Time Magazine i 1995 og kom i 2019 på listen over verdens mest indflydelsesrige romaner af BBC. I en blanding af fiktion og virkelighed udfolder \"Underworld USA\" en fortælling om politiske skandaler, korruption og magt i USA i årene 1958 til 1973.James Ellroy (f. 1948) er amerikansk forfatter og essayist. En omtumlet barndom og ungdom fik ham til at interessere sig for vrangsiden af efterkrigstidens USA, der på overfladen var præget af velstand, økonomisk opsving og en voksende middelklasse. Særligt er han kendt for serien "Los Angeles-kvartetten", der kredser om Los Angelses' underverden i 1940'erne og 1950'erne. Forfatterskabet har indbragt Ellroy adskillige priser, herunder The Grand Master Award i 2015 - en ærespris, der gives til forfattere, hvis livsværk holder en ualmindelig høj kvalitet. Flere af Ellroys bøger er filmatiseret, heriblandt den anmelderroste "L.A. Confidential" fra 1997 med blandt andre Kevin Spacey og Russell Crowe i hovedrollerne.

Los Angeles i starten af 1950’erne. Byen er forblændet af Hollywood-glitter og avisløgne. Den unge betjent Fred Underhill bruger sine nætter på at støve piger op. Da en af hans erobringer findes myrdet, hvirvles han ind i efterforskningen og kommer på kant med magtfulde politifolk. Sagen eskalerer med skæbnesvangre konsekvenser for Fred, der bliver fyret i vanære og droppet af sit livs store kærlighed. Hans eneste mulighed for at rense sit navn er at finde den seriemorder, der bragte ham til fald.James Ellroy (f. 1948) er en amerikansk forfatter og essayist. En omtumlet barndom og ungdom fik ham til at interessere sig for vrangsiden af efterkrigstidens USA, der på overfladen var præget af velstand, økonomisk opsving og en voksende middelklasse. Særligt er han kendt for serien "Los Angeles-kvartetten", der kredser om Los Angelses' underverden i 1940'erne og 1950'erne. Forfatterskabet har indbragt Ellroy adskillige priser, herunder The Grand Master Award i 2015 - en ærespris, der gives til forfattere, hvis livsværk holder en ualmindelig høj kvalitet.Flere af Ellroys bøger er filmatiseret, heriblandt den anmelderroste "L.A. Confidential" fra 1997 med blandt andre Kevin Spacey og Russell Crowe i hovedrollerne.

I denne politiske thriller giver James Ellroy nyt liv til teorierne omkring snigmordet på præsident John F. Kennedy. Gennem krimiens hovedpersoner, tre tidligere FBI-agenter - alle med hver deres blakkede ry -, oprulles begivenheder, der leder op til præsidentmordet den 22. november 1963. Det handler om mafiaens og fagbevægelses had til Kennedy-brødrene. Om CIA-trænede eksilcubanere og invasionen i Svinebugten. Selv ikke Kennedy-familiens egen fortid udlades. Trådene samles langsomt, men sikkert og peger til sidst i retning af en uhyggeligt sandsynlig forklaring på mordet, der rystede verden. Bogen er første del af James Ellroys trilogi "Underworld USA". "American Tabloid" blev kåret som årets bedste roman af Time Magazine i 1995 og kom i 2019 på listen over verdens mest indflydelsesrige romaner af BBC. I en blanding af fiktion og virkelighed udfolder "Underworld USA" en fortælling om politiske skandaler, korruption og magt i USA i årene 1958 til 1973.James Ellroy (f. 1948) er amerikansk forfatter og essayist. En omtumlet barndom og ungdom fik ham til at interessere sig for vrangsiden af efterkrigstidens USA, der på overfladen var præget af velstand, økonomisk opsving og en voksende middelklasse. Særligt er han kendt for serien "Los Angeles-kvartetten", der kredser om Los Angelses' underverden i 1940'erne og 1950'erne. Forfatterskabet har indbragt Ellroy adskillige priser, herunder The Grand Master Award i 2015 - en ærespris, der gives til forfattere, hvis livsværk holder en ualmindelig høj kvalitet. Flere af Ellroys bøger er filmatiseret, heriblandt den anmelderroste "L.A. Confidential" fra 1997 med blandt andre Kevin Spacey og Russell Crowe i hovedrollerne.

I James Ellroys anmelderroste kriminalroman "Ingenmandsland" møder vi tre politimænd, der hver især er fanget i et spind af korruption, bedrag og bestialske mord i 1940'erne og 50'ernes Los Angeles. Historien udfolder sig i kølvandet på den berygtede "Sleepy Lagoon" sag, hvor mordet på en ung mexicaner, ledte til arrestationen og fængslingen af en stor gruppe unge mexicanere. Perioden er præget af store protester, da meget tyder på, at de dømte ikke har fået en fair rettergang. Det er i denne tid, karakteriseret af hævngerrighed, brutalitet og vold, at de tre politimænd Danny Upshaw, Turner "Buzz" Meeks og Malcolm "Mal" Considine forsøger at udføre deres arbejde og holde sig selv i live imens. "Ingenmandsland" skildrer Los Angeles i en periode, hvor korruptionen blomstrer og retfærdigheden har trange kår. Bogen er en del af James Ellroys "Los Angeles-kvartet", der også indebærer "Sorte Dahlia", "De faldne engles by" og "Hvid jazz". Los Angeles-kvartetten er en serie af fire krimier, der kredser om vrangsiden af Los Angeles i 1940'erne og 1950'erne.James Ellroy (f. 1948) er amerikansk forfatter og essayist. En omtumlet barndom og ungdom fik ham til at interessere sig for vrangsiden af efterkrigstidens USA, der på overfladen var præget af velstand, økonomisk opsving og en voksende middelklasse. Særligt er han kendt for serien "Los Angeles-kvartetten", der kredser om Los Angelses' underverden i 1940'erne og 1950'erne. Forfatterskabet har indbragt Ellroy adskillige priser, herunder The Grand Master Award i 2015 - en ærespris, der gives til forfattere, hvis livsværk holder en ualmindelig høj kvalitet. Flere af Ellroys bøger er filmatiseret, heriblandt den anmelderroste "L.A. Confidential" fra 1997 med blandt andre Kevin Spacey og Russell Crowe i hovedrollerne.

De to politimænd og gamle boksekammerater Lee Blanchard og Dwight "Bucky" Bleichert skal efterforske et brutalt sex-mord på en ung barpige med skuespillerdrømme. Liget af Elisabeth Short eller "Black Dahlia", som hun senere bliver navngivet, findes parteret i en park i Los Angeles i 1947 og medierne går amok i spekulationer. Samtidig viser forbrydelsen sig at få store konsekvenser for politimakkerparret. Mens mordet på Elisabeth Short giver Lee mindelser om hans egen søsters pludselige forsvinden, begynder Buck at identificere sig med offerets omflakkende liv. I forsøget på at opklare mordet ledes Buck og Lee dybere og dybere ned i både L.A.’s og psykens underverden. "Sorte Dahlia" er et portræt af efterkrigstidens Los Angeles som en by i fordærv og et arnested for politikorruption. Romanen er baseret på virkelige hændelse, og mordet på Elisabeth Short forbliver den dag i dag uopklaret. Sagen er fortsat genstand for megen spekulation og mulige teorier om, hvem der mon stod bag. Los Angeles-kvartetten er en serie af fire krimier, der kredser om vrangsiden af Los Angeles i 1940'erne og 1950'erne.James Ellroy (f. 1948) er amerikansk forfatter og essayist. En omtumlet barndom og ungdom fik ham til at interessere sig for vrangsiden af efterkrigstidens USA, der på overfladen var præget af velstand, økonomisk opsving og en voksende middelklasse. Særligt er han kendt for serien "Los Angeles-kvartetten", der kredser om Los Angelses' underverden i 1940'erne og 1950'erne. Forfatterskabet har indbragt Ellroy adskillige priser, herunder The Grand Master Award i 2015 - en ærespris, der gives til forfattere, hvis livsværk holder en ualmindelig høj kvalitet. Flere af Ellroys bøger er filmatiseret, heriblandt den anmelderroste "L.A. Confidential" fra 1997 med blandt andre Kevin Spacey og Russell Crowe i hovedrollerne.

Los Angeles - Fritz Brown, ex-alcoholic private eye with a stained past, makes do with car repossessions and classical music. Then he is offered a case by Freddy 'Fat Dog' Baker, an eccentric golf caddy whose sister has made off with a much older man.

James Ellroy, the undisputed master of crime writing, has teamed up with the Los Angeles Police Museum to present a stunning text on 1953 LA. While combing the museum's photo archives, Ellroy discovered that the year featured a wide array of stark and unusual imageryand he has written 25,000 words that illuminate the crimes and law enforcement of the era. Ellroy o ffers context and layers on wild and rich atmospherethis is the cauldron that was police work in the city of the tarnished angels more than six decades ago. More than 80 duotone photos are spread throughout the book in the manner of hard-edged police evidence.

"e;ELLROY IS THE AUTHOR OF SOME OF THE MOST POWERFUL CRIME NOVELS EVER WRITTEN"e;- NEW YORK TIMES Danny Upshaw is a Sheriff's deputy stuck with a bunch of snuffs nobody cares about; they're his chance to make his name as a cop...and to sate his darkest curiosities. Mal Considine is D.A.'s Bureau brass. He's climbing on the Red Scare bandwagon to advance his career and to gain custody of his adopted son, a child he saved from the horror of postwar Europe.Buzz Meeks -- bagman, ex-Narco goon, and pimp for Howard Hughes -- is fighting communism for the money. All three men have purchased tickets to a nightmare.

CHOSEN BY TIME MAGAZINE AS ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEARONE HELLISHLY EXCITING RIDE.--Detroit Free PressThe '50s are finished. Zealous young senator Robert Kennedy has a red-hot jones to nail Jimmy Hoffa. JFK has his eyes on the Oval Office. J. Edgar Hoover is swooping down on the Red Menace. Howard Hughes is dodging subpoenas and digging up Kennedy dirt. And Castro is mopping up the bloody aftermath of his new communist nation.HARD-BITTEN. . . INGENIOUS. . . ELLROY SEGUES INTO POLITICAL INTRIGUE WITHOUT MISSING A BEAT.--The New York TimesIn the thick of it: FBI men Kemper Boyd and Ward Littell. They work every side of the street, jerking the chains of made men, street scum, and celebrities alike, while Pete Bondurant, ex-rogue cop, freelance enforcer, troubleshooter, and troublemaker, has the conscience to louse it all up.VASTLY ENTERTAINING.--Los Angeles TimesMob bosses, politicos, snitches, psychos, fall guys, and femmes fatale. They're mixing up a molotov cocktail guaranteed to end the country's innocence with a bang. Dig that crazy beat: it's America's heart racing out of control. . . .A SUPREMELY CONTROLLED WORK OF ART.--The New York Times Book Review

The internationally acclaimed author of the L.A. Quartet and The Underworld USA Trilogy, James Ellroy, presents another literary noir masterpiece of historical paranoia.Arip-roaring, devilishly wild ride through the bloody end of the 1960's. It's dark baby, and hot hot hot.Martin Luther King assassinated. Robert Kennedy assassinated. Los Angeles, 1968. Conspiracies theories are taking hold. On the horizon looms the Democratic Convention in Chicago and constant gun fire peppers south L.A. Violence, greed, and grime, are replacing free-love and everybody from Howard Hughes, Richard Nixon and J. Edgar Hoover to the right-wing assassins and left-wing revolutionaries are getting dirty. At the center of it all is a triumvirate: the president's strong-arm goon, an ex-cop and heroine runner, and a private eye whose quarry is so dangerous she could set off the whole powder keg. With his trademark deadly staccato prose, James Ellroy holds nothing back in this wild, startling and much anticipated conclusion to his Underworld USA trilogy.

A treasure trove of a hundred years worth of the finest noir writing selected by James Ellroy

The author of The Black Dahlia presents the powerful second novel in his L.A. Quartet. In The Big Nowhere, three men are caught up in a massive web of ambition, perversion and deceit. A remarkably vivid portrait of a remarkable time and place.

"America was never innocent."Thus begins the Underworld U.S.A. Trilogy. It's James Ellroy's pop history of the 1960s, his window-peeper's view of government misconduct, his dirty trickster's take on the great events of an incendiary era. It's a tour de force of the American idiom, and an acknowledged masterpiece. American Tabloid gives us Jack Kennedy's ride, seen from an insider's perspective. We're there for the rigged 1960 election. We're there for the Bay of Pigs fiasco. We're the eyes and ears and souls of three rogue cops who've signed on for the ride and come to see Jack as their betrayer. We're Jack's pimps and hatchet men, and we're there for that baroque slaying in Dallas.The Cold Six Thousand takes us from Dallas to Vietnam to Memphis to the kitchen of the Ambassador Hotel in L.A. We're rubbing shoulders with RFK and MLK, calamitous klansmen, noted mafiosi. We're forced to relive the American sixties--and we come away breathless.The first two books of the Underworld U.S.A. Trilogy revisit the most anarchic decade in our history. They are defined by their brutal linguistic flair and reckless panache.

And we're there in Dallas in 1963 where it all comes to a brutal end. The Cold Six Thousand the cover-up for the Kennedy assassination begins. This time the ride takes us from Dallas to Vietnam to Las Vegas to Memphis to Cuba to the kitchen of the Ambassador Hotel in L.A.

Blood's a Rover takes us into the 70s. A kid private eye clashes with a mob goon and an enforcer for FBI director Edgar Hoover in L.A. There's an armoured-car heist and a cache of missing emeralds. Amidst all this, all three anti-heros fall for Red revolutionary Joan Rosen Klein. Each will pay 'a dear and savage price to live History'.

L.A. Confidential is epic "noir", a crime novel of astonishing detail and scope written by the bestselling author of The Black Dahlia. A horrific mass murder invades the lives of victims and victimizers on both sides of the law. And three lawmen are caught in a deadly spiral, a nightmare that tests loyalty and courage, and offers no mercy, grants no survivors.

'James Ellroy is a genius: the finest American crime writer since Raymond Chandler, and one of the most readable experimental writers in the world' TLS'All Ellroy's preoccupations are present: corruption, sex, violence, unsolved murders and excess by the dozen.

Los Angeles 1951 - Frederick Underhill, an ambitious rookie of the Los Angeles Police Department, want to become the most celebrated detective of his time.

The year was 1958. Jean Hilliker had divorced her fast-buck hustler husband and resurrected her maiden name. Her son, James, was ten years old. He hated and lusted for his mother and "summoned her dead." She was murdered three months later.

Malerie Marder is one of the first practitioners of a style of high-colour photography that came out of Yale in the late 1990s. This book tells the story of Marders first commissioned shoot: how a friend invited Malerie to photograph her with her lover, naked and in the anonymous setting of a motel room.

The Big Nowhere , LA Confidential and White Jazz. In his intoduction to The Best American Noir of the Century, James Ellroy writes, "noir is the most scrutinised offshoot of the hard-boiled school of fiction.

Somewhere out there is a murderer with over twenty killings to his name - each an apparently random slaying of a woman, over a twenty-year period and all unconnected on the police files. But Detective Sergeant Lloyd Hopkins begins to see a pattern: he senses connections between this string of seemingly motiveless, pointless and unsolved killings.

Joe caught Klein flush in the stomach and ripped upward with both hands. Simply select a bank manager, kidnap his girlfriend, then hold her hostage until you've cleaned out the bank. Investigating is Sergeant Lloyd Hopkins, eager for a chance to clear his tarnished reputation.