Crooks and communists in James Ellroy’s latest epic
James Ellroy is one of the great American authors of the last 50 years, and yet, it is easy to dismiss his literary achievement. If you were to pick up his latest novel, Red Sheet, and turn to a random page, you’re likely to encounter such terse fragments as, “It was a sex-slash job. Cuts, […]
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James Ellroy is one of the great American authors of the last 50 years, and yet, it is easy to dismiss his literary achievement. If you were to pick up his latest novel, Red Sheet, and turn to a random page, you’re likely to encounter such terse fragments as, “It was a sex-slash job. Cuts, mutilations, slashed throats.” Unfamiliar readers might think they’re dealing with just another hard-boiled crime writer, but Ellroy is decidedly more than that. Recommended Stories Inside Scoop: Return to federalism, Platner unfit for duty, UFC Freedom 250 Inside Scoop: Trump 2.0 post-Dobbs, Ben Sasse’s warning to Congress, Colbert signs off Inside Scoop: Trump and Mamdani, Restoring America, why women are moving left It is true that Ellroy is a crime writer, and one who follows in the grand tradition…
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