James Ellroy--whose haunting experiences, in particular the shocking murder of his mother, formed him as a child, shaped his young adult years, and led him later to combine lyricism and violence in hi...
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The First One
Edgar Allan
Poe
is the original pulp fiction prodigy. Best known for his macabre tales of horror,
Poe
also gave us the first literary detective – an eccentric and brilliant ...
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Vanessa Redgrave is intense _ on stage, screen or living room sofa.It can be intimidating in an interview, but it's the quality Joan Didion sought for the starring role in the Broadway adaptation o...
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Like a verdant interval at Yaddo or a sepulchral black-and-white author photo by Marion Ettlinger, a snazzy book cover by Chip Kidd has distinct cachet in Manhattan literary circles (what’s l...
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For 59 pages, Chris Cleave’s Incendiary is a tour de force. As the narrator, an unnamed woman—wife, mother, sexpot London trash—throws up on the polished shoes of Prince William, ...
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For 59 pages, Chris Cleave’s Incendiary is a tour de force. As the narrator, an unnamed woman—wife, mother, sexpot London trash—throws up on the polished shoes of Prince William, ...
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James Ellroy
A Brief History of the Detective Story
