James Ellroy

                   

Library Diva added the blog post 'Dude Lit'

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yesterday
        

You know I love chick lit, as sort of a "guilty pleasure." I wondered why it was specific to men, as there are some damn good books on here, but I guess that probably has to do with it being a men's magazine, like "The Ten...

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Mysteries Roundup: Noir for Our Times

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Nov 16, 2008
        

Sunday, November 16, 2008; Page BW11 SMALL CRIMES By Dave Zeltserman | Serpent's Tail. James M. Cain was one of the first writers to explore this little tributary of mystery fiction, and though some followers -- notably Cornell...

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Nov 9, 2008: L.A. Noir-chitecture: A Hard-Boiled Tour through the Historic City at Formosa Cafe

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Nov 10, 2008
        

This special one-day tour will feature historic locations from the work of Los Angeles-based noir authors such as Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler. Los Angeles is home to some of the greatest noir fiction and film, with...

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Feb 14, 2009: Blood & Dumplings crime bus tour at Esotouric Bus Adventures

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Nov 8, 2008
        

A criminal and gastronomical excursion into the San Gabriel Valley, Blood & Dumplings rolls through Alhambra, Temple City, Monterey Park, Rosemead and El Monte, revealing dozens of weird, forgotten crimes and oddities from the...

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Jolie gives tour-de-force performance

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Nov 6, 2008 5 related
        

Three and 1/2 stars Director Clint Eastwood's newest film, "Changeling," can be perceived as a meditation on the abuse of power, or on how social injustice frequently can fly in the face of democratic ideals, or as a nightmare...

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INT: Gonzalo Lopez

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Nov 6, 2008
        

First time writer/director GONZALO LOPEZ recently premiered his low budget debut, the Spanish flick EMBRION at the Sitges Film Festival. I saw and enjoyed the flick (read my review here) for what it was, a low key, experimental...

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Aces Prequel Could Be Smokin'

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Nov 5, 2008 2 related
        

Announces screenwriter Carnahan Source: Joe Carnahan official Hold the front page, forget the new president, we've got an announcement that everyone has been waiting for. Yep, that's right, the Smokin' Aces prequel has been...

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D.C. Confidential

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Nov 4, 2008
        

I've always wanted to compare book collections with Patton Oswalt, but now I want to compare ballots too. The perenially underappreciated comedian engaged in my kind of punditry in his blog last week, snidely but wistfully...

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Books: 'Once Were Cops'

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Nov 3, 2008 1 related
        

Ken Bruen. St. Martin's Minotaur. 294 pages. $22.99. Michael O'Shea, a member of the Irish Guard, blackmails his way into a police exchange program and soon finds himself working the Manhattan South precinct. There, O'Shea gets...

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James Ellroy's Crib Sheet

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Nov 1, 2008
        

Real L.A. Noir. (Video/audio auto-plays). Los Angeles Times reporter Paul Lieberman has been chronicling the era of the LAPD Gangster Squad, a secret division of the department that tried to combat the mobs of Jack Dragna and...

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