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L.A. Confidential

by James Ellroy

Three detectives in a corrupt Los Angeles

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Three detectives in a corrupt Los Angeles

Set in Los Angeles in Christmas 1951, the novel brings three LAPD detectives into the aftermath of a brutal assault on prisoners. Ed Exley is measured against his policeman father’s reputation; Bud White carries the memory of his mother’s murder; Jack Vincennes trades on movie-star scandal for a magazine. Their different motives connect the police department’s corruption with Hollywood scandal and organized crime. The book’s central tension comes from how these men’s careers and loyalties are entangled with the violent systems they serve and exploit, making the city itself a shared terrain of compromised power.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Adult readers interested in crime fiction set in mid-century Los Angeles.
  • Readers who enjoy stories involving police corruption, Hollywood scandal, and organized crime.
  • Readers interested in crime narratives centered on multiple detectives with conflicting motives.

Themes

Police corruptionHollywood scandalOrganized crimeAmbition and reputationLoyalty and compromised power

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Book overview

Three detectives descend into the underbelly of Los Angeles, where all the classic elements of an Ellroy novel--police corruption, Hollywood scandal, and organized crime--collide in this bestselling installment in the L.A. Quartet.

Christmas 1951, Los Angeles: a city where the police are as corrupt as the criminals.

Six prisoners are beaten senseless in their cells by cops crazed on alcohol. Three LAPD detectives get involved. Ed Exley wants to eclipse his policeman father's success. Bud White watched his own mother's murder--and is now a time bomb with a badge. Jack Vincennes shakes down movie stars for a scandal magazine.

These events will expose the guilty secrets on which they have built their corrupt and violent careers. The three men are caught in a deadly spiral, a nightmare that tests loyalty and courage, and offers no mercy, grants no survivors.

L.A. Confidential is one of the most beloved and influential crime novels ever written.
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