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The Big Nowhere | James Ellroy

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Los Angeles, 1950 Red crosscurrents: the Commie Scare and a string of brutal mutilation killings. Gangland intrigue and Hollywood sleaze. Three cops caught in a hellish web of ambition, perversion, and deceit. 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. (100,000 words)

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Twainy

The Big Nowhere | James Ellroy

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OK this book is a bit older so there are more TWs than you‘d think. I loved the hard boiled detective/police procedural tone of 1950‘s Hollywood. Very atmospheric and significantly more horrorish than I thought it would be. A crime noir. Dark side of Hollywood. Book two but it could work on its own. I was surprised, I enjoyed the audiobook. Read the trigger warnings.

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The Big Nowhere | James Ellroy

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The Big Nowhere was a big surprise. The second of James Ellroy‘s L.A. Quartet, the novel follows similar themes of crime, paranoia & a dark Hollywood underbelly amidst the backdrop of Los Angeles in 1950. Probably the most enjoyable crime noir fiction I‘ve read #toughguybookclub #crime #noir #LA

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