Le strade dell'innocenza
by:
James Ellroy (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9788804373841 (8804373849)
ASIN: 8804373849
Publish date: July 6th 1993
Publisher: Mondadori
Pages no: 266
Edition language: Italian
Series: Lloyd Hopkins (#1)
I was only partially impressed by this book, one of Ellroy's earlier novels. Sometimes the writing is awesome, some parts of this book show flashes of his future brilliance. Mostly the plot is simplistic and illogical. The protagonist, Homicide investigator Lloyd Hopkins, appears to solve cases by ...
Ellroy writes with intensity. As I’m sure everyone knows who is remotely interested in his writing, Ellroy has been obsessed with the death of his mother (nee Hilliker) whose murder was never solved. The Black Dahlia, written after this book, was an unsatisfactory attempt at atonement, and the bo...