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Perfidia - James Ellroy
Perfidia
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'There has never been a writer like James Ellroy.' TelegraphLos Angeles, December 6, 1941. Last hopes for peace are shattered when Japanese squadrons bomb Pearl Harbor. War fever and race hate grip the city and the internment of Japanese-Americans begins.Following the hellish murder of a Japanese... show more
'There has never been a writer like James Ellroy.' TelegraphLos Angeles, December 6, 1941. Last hopes for peace are shattered when Japanese squadrons bomb Pearl Harbor. War fever and race hate grip the city and the internment of Japanese-Americans begins.Following the hellish murder of a Japanese family, three men and one woman are summoned. William H. Parker is a captain
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Format: Kindle Edition
ASIN: B00KCRP99I
Publisher: Cornerstone Digital
Pages no: 722
Edition language: English
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Kathryn Lively, Reader
Kathryn Lively, Reader rated it
5.0 Perfidia by James Ellroy
I have so few auto-buy authors these days. I used to have many, but one by one I drop them when the stories turn predictable and the writing stale. One actually died, but anyway...Ellroy is heavy reading, and his dirty staccato style is what makes the scenery come alive. If you've glommed the rest o...
It's a Mad Mad World
It's a Mad Mad World rated it
0.5 Perfidia
DNF at 45 %! A couple of years ago I studied theology and some books I read was good and some books was bloody awful and almost impossible to get through. But one had to. But this one I don't have to finish so now I'm throwing in the towel, saying adiós amigo...Hasta la vista baby! ...
It's a Mad Mad World
It's a Mad Mad World rated it
1.0 Perfidia
DNF at 45 %!A couple of years ago I studied theology and some books I read was good and some books were bloody awful and almost impossible to get through. But one had to. But this one I don't have to finish so now I'm throwing in the towel, saying adiós amigo...Hasta la vista baby!Ps. I will read Bl...
LitReactor
LitReactor rated it
5.0 Rapid-fire prose and a plot like a thicket.
Title: Perfidia Who wrote it? Ellroy reintroduces characters from his previous novels—some major, some blink-and-you'll-miss-them minor—and mixes them all together, in a low-down dirty gumbo. James fucking Ellroy, author of badass books like The Black Dahlia, LA Confidential, American Tabloid,...
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