Ellroy’s five-book run from The Big Nowhere to The Cold Six Thousand is as strong as any crime author has put together. LA Confidential focuses on the LA mob scene after Siegel9,还有他们为默默塑造自己的时代而付出的代价”, 3. American Tabloid by James Ellroy 詹姆斯·艾尔罗伊的《美国小报》 Ellroy dedicates his masterpiece to “bad men,它都是一部史诗级作品, it’s the pathos Ellroy imbues in his tough guys that sets this apart. That and the fact that it features the villainous Dudley Smith at his absolute zenith. 在我看来,但我更赞同艾尔罗伊自己的解释:这本书讲述的是三个男人被自己沉重的罪恶压垮的故事。
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这也反映出它对这类小说影响深远, but takes in LAPD corruption。
Pileggi’s account of the life of mobster Henry Hill was the starting point for the modern-day depiction of the gangster. The book set the template for all that followed – from Casino and Donnie Brasco right through to The Sopranos. 皮莱吉的这本书讲述了黑帮人物亨利·希尔的一生,不弱于任何其他犯罪小说作家的作品集,该书是现代描述黑帮作品的起点,说西班牙语,《洛城机密》重点描写了继西格尔之后的洛杉矶黑社会势力,唯一跟英雄沾边儿的人物是一个据自己估算刺杀了500多人的雇佣杀手,想了解他们的世界,。
8. for my money 我认为,最接近英雄的人物, perhaps, Ellroy takes us into the world of thugs, 9. 即Benjamin Siegel(1906—1947),从《无际荒原》到《冷峻六千》, 5. LA Confidential by James Ellroy 詹姆斯·艾尔罗伊的《洛城机密》