The Black Dahlia (Cover Price Includes $ .50 F-P-T Amount) (La Quartet)

Name: The Black Dahlia
Rating: 3.38 (8 reviews)

by James Ellroy

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The Black Dahlia (Cover Price Includes $ .50 F-P-T Amount) (La Quartet)

by James Ellroy

8 ratings • 1 review • 9 shelved

The murder of a beautiful young woman in 1947 Los Angeles sparks a great investigation in which Bucky Bleichert, Lee Blanchard, L.A.P.D. Warrants Squad cops, ex-boxers, friends, and adversaries become obsessed by the case.

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ISBN10 0446698873
ISBN13 9780446698870
Publish Date 1 August 2006 (first published 1 September 1987)
Publish Status Active
Publish Country US
Publisher Time Warner Trade Publishing
Imprint Warner Books Inc

Format Paperback (US Trade)
Pages 352
Language English

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The Black Dahlia is everything I want in a noir style novel; it’s got the slang and lingo right, it has the corruption in the police force and it has the dark characters and themes. It’s just an enjoyable hardboiled/noir novel similar to what you would expect in the 30’s and 40’s. As far as the movie adaptation of The Black Dahlia, I really enjoy the film, but after reading the book, I did sit down and rewatched it with disappointing results.