书目

My Dark Places

内容简介

ELLROYISAUNIQUEVOICEINAMERICANFICTION'-JONATHANKELLERMANOn21June1958,GenevaHillikerEllroyleftherhomeinCalifornia.Shewasfoundstrangledthenextday.Her10year-oldsonJameshadbeenwithherestrangedhusbandallweekendandwasinformedofherdeathonhisreturn.Hermurdererwasneverfound,butherdeathhadanenduringlegacyonherson-hespenthisteenandearlyadultyearsasawino,pettyburglarandderelict.Onlylater,throughhisobsessionwithcrimefiction,triggeredbyhismother'smurder,didEllroybegintodelveintohispast.Shortlyafterthepublicationofhisground-breakingnovelWHITEJAZZ,hedeterminedtoreturntoLosAngelesandwiththehelpofveterandetectiveBillStoner,attempttosolvethe38-year-oldkilling.Theresultisoneofthefewclassicsofcrimenon-fictionandautobiographytoappearinthelastfewdecades;ahypnotictriptoAmerica'sunderbellyandoneman'storturedsoul.

作者简介

JamesEllroywasborninLosAngelesin1948.Heistheauthoroftheacclaimed'LAQuartet':TheBlackDahlia,TheBigNowhere,LAConfidentialandWhiteJazz.Hismostrecentnovel,Blood'saRover,completesthemagisterial'UnderworldUSATrilogy'-thefirsttwovolumesofwhich(AmericanTabloidandTheColdSixThousand)werebothSundayTimesbestsellers.

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