- Taschenbuch: 383 Seiten
- Verlag: Random House UK; Auflage: New edition (3. Januar 1998)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0099366517
- ISBN-13: 978-0099366515
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 13,1 x 2,4 x 19,9 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.2 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (42 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 206.522 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Using the basic facts concerning the 1940s' notorious and yet unsolved Black Dahlia case, Ellroy creates a kaleidoscope of human passion and dark obsession. A young woman's mutilated body is found in a Los Angeles vacant lot. The story is seen through the eyes of Bucky Bleichert, ex-prize fighter and something of a boy wonder on the police force. There is no relief or humor as Bleichert arrives at a grisly discovery. Ellroy's powerful rendering of the long-reaching effects of murder gives the case new meaning. This should be a major book for
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It is Los Angeles, 11th January 1947. A beautiful young woman walked into the night and met her horrific destiny. Five days later, her tortured body was found drained of blood and cut in shelf. The newspapers called her 'The Black Dahlia'. Two cops are caught up in the investigation and embark on a hellish journey that takes them to the core of the dead girl's twisted life.
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Fans of Chinatown, L.A. Confidential, film noir, and mysteries in general will love this book. Ellroy's style is fast-paced and thrilling; the novel is impossible to put down. The ending might strike some as over the top, but I was too enthralled to notice; Ellroy is such a tense and engaging storyteller that I am willing to follow his characters from LA to Tijuana to Mars. The characters -- morally shady, complex, human -- are wonderfully developed as well. That the novel is based on the actual Dahlia case adds an especially unnerving tone, making it a eerie and engrossing read that will haunt you long after it ends.
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Some just don't get it. If you're going to recommend James Lee Burke as an alternative, then Ellroy is not for you. Burke is a good writer, but his novels are about piling HEAVY descriptive prose on top of the thinnest hairline of plot. I don't mind reading Vachss, when I feel like being fed a sermon (talk about self-indulgent). Ellroy strips away the fatty narrative, and in return provides more story, more plot, more meat. Some folks like their vegetables, some like chicken without the skin...but some like a thick and bloody sirloin that takes a week to digest. For those folks, I recommend this novel, and the Chef's Special: White Jazz. I defy you to find another novel as raw and tasty.
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I first read Ellroy when on a friends recomendation I picked up LA Confidential just before the movie came out. Between the choppy writing style, the 50's hip lingo, and complex plot full of fascinating characters LA Confidential secured a place on my all time favorite books list. In fact I loved it so much that I wanted to go back and read it again for the first time. A friend of mine told me that the next best thing would be buying a copy of Black Dahlia. I have to admit this book was not as cool as LA, but it is a great book in it's own right. I absolutely loved it! I couldn't put it down! I will warn you that it IS brutal in it's descriptions of the violence that befell Elizabeth Short in the 40's (The murder and the state of the victim as well as some other parts of the investigation are in fact horrifically true). Also the plot is so far beyond twisted that I had to reread many chapters just to keep track of what's going on. The characters are all flawed and obsessive (Though not as badly in LA Confidential) and the conclusion when it comes is well worth the wait. I highly recommend this book as well as Ellroy's latter "The Big Nowhere" and of course"LA Confidential."
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Everybody is guilty of something
An interesting book that leaves you feeling a little bewildered and disappointed. Not because the book is bad, but because of the lack of a person of impeccable character, a real... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 25. Januar 2007 von kroeti666
extremely difficult to read for non-native-speakers
to be honest: i choose the 4 stars only because it is the everage mark given by other readers. I DID NOT READ THE BOOK, because it was impossible for me to follow the plot of the... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 28. August 2005 von gerda_badischl
Pulp-ish fiction, but good
I rarely read a book like this but I picked this one up after I found out he wrote the book that LA Confidential (the movie) was based on. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 4. Juli 2000 von A. Evans
Obsession with Betty
Perhaps you need to know that Ellroy wept upon completion of "Dahlia". Indeed you must know that I wept as turned the last page of the story of the brief life and brutal... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 30. Juni 2000 von Walker Lawton
Slow start...strong finish...
This book has a slow and confusing beginning (the two main character's last names are confusingly simmilar), but Ellroy makes up for it in the end. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 14. Juni 2000 von mer
a serpent feeding on its tail
Ellroy masterfully creates an ammoral, cruel, predatory, self-consuming late-forties Los Angeles in *The Black Dahlia*. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 10. Juni 2000 von william woolum
SELF-INDULGENT GEEGAW
Sorry, can't join the herd who've swallowed this as good writing. Like AMERICAN PSYCHO, it's got the verbal runs. Good talent at getting words out, no problem there. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 9. Mai 2000 veröffentlicht
Stone Cold Ellroy --- ewww.
Expletives fail me. James Ellroy's novels are the literary equivalent of all-star wrestling. His fans ought to have the sense to be embarrassed. Originality? Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 4. Mai 2000 von Mick McAllister
Black Dahlia - loved it!
I came across "Black Dahlia" by a mere coincidence. I was in a bookshop and didn't find anything. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 3. April 2000 von Starbotz
Brutal, but not that believable
I believe that James Ellroy's work makes for better movie fodder than simple reading, as long as there's a skilled director to make more rounded portrayals of his characters and... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 21. März 2000 von Stan
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