When I was a kid, Eisenhower had been President forever, and all of a sudden, everything in the world was all about Jack Kennedy. I was 12, interested in politics; my father was from Massachusetts, had an accent like Kennedy.
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Noir is dead for me because historically, I think it's a simple view. I've taken it as far as it can go. I think I've expanded on it a great deal, taken it further than any other American novelist.
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| Birth: | 4th March, 1948 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Novelist, Writer |
About
Lee Earle "James" Ellroy was born in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an American crime fiction writer. He has written several novels include: Brown's Requiem, Clandestine, Killer on the Road, Blood on the Moon, Because the Night, Suicide Hill, The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, L.A. Confidential, White Jazz, American Tabloid, The Cold Six Thousand, Blood's a Rover, and Perfidia. He has written several short stories include: Hollywood Nocturnes, Crime Wave, and Destination: Morgue!. He has written several autobiography include: My Dark Places and The Hilliker Curse.
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