The Enchanters by James Ellroy (English) Paperback Book

Description: The Enchanters by James Ellroy Los Angeles. Summer 1962. Marilyn Monroe ODs. A B-movie starlet is kidnapped. And Freddy-O is back. This is James Ellroy at his most crazed, brilliant, provocative and profanely hilariousLos Angeles. August 4, 1962. The city broils through a mid-summer heat wave. Marilyn Monroe ODs. A B-movie starlet is kidnapped. The overhyped LAPD overreacts. Chief Bill Parkers looking for some getback. The Monroe deal looks like a moneymaker. He calls in Freddy Otash.The freewheeling Freddy O. Tainted ex-cop, defrocked private eye, dope fiend, and freelance extortionist. A man who lives by the maxim "Opportunity is Love." Freddy gets to work. He dimly perceives Marilyn Monroes death and the kidnapped starlet to be a poisonous riddle that only he has the guts and the brains to untangle. We are with him as he tears through all those who block his path to the truth. We are with him as he penetrates the faux-sunshine of Jack and Bobby Kennedy and the shuck of Camelot. We are with him as he falters, and grasps for love beyond opportunity. We are with him as he tracks Marilyn Monroes horrific last charade through a nightmare L.A. that he served to create - and as he confronts his complicity and his own raging madness. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography James Ellroy was born in Los Angeles. He is the author of the Underworld U.S.A Trilogy- American Tabloid, The Cold Six Thousand, and Bloods A Rover, and the L.A. Quartet novels- The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, L.A. Confidential, and White Jazz. He is the recipient of the Los Angeles Times Robert Kirsch Award for lifetime achievement. He lives in Colorado. Review Epic mashups of historical fact and filthy fantasy . . . no one does it better than Ellroy * The Times, Best new crime fiction for September 2023 *This entire book is one gleefully violent foul-mouthed research note. Its vivid, gripping, surreal * Spectator *No one captures the nightmare that lies behind the American dream better than the unforgettable Ellroy . . . This is the master of darkness at his incomparable best — simply impossible to put down * Daily Mail *Nobody does crime like James Ellroy . . . One of Ellroys best works in years -- Dan Jones * Sunday Times *One of the great American writers of our time * Los Angeles Times *Ask me to name the best living novelist whos fierce, brave, funny, scatological, beautiful, convoluted, and paranoid . . . and it becomes simple: James Ellroy. If insanity illuminated by highly dangerous strokes of literary lightning is your thing, then Ellroy is your man -- Stephen KingJames Ellroy is the American Dostoyevsky -- Joyce Carol OatesTruly invigorating . . . demonically riveting -- Jake Kerridge * Telegraph *Highly entertaining * Irish Independent *Electrifying * Buzz Magazine *If you like conspiracy theories youll relish James Ellroys brutal, unbelievably hard-boiled take on the death of Marilyn Monroe -- William Boyd * Daily Express *I enjoyed The Enchanters, James Ellroys sleazy, scabrous riff on the death of Marilyn Monroe -- Dan Jones * Mail on Sunday, Books of the Year * Details ISBN1529156211 Author James Ellroy Publisher Cornerstone Year 2024 ISBN-13 9781529156218 Format Paperback Publication Date 2024-08-08 Imprint Penguin Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 813.6 Audience General UK Release Date 2024-08-08 Language English ISBN-10 1529156211 Pages 448 Alternative 9781529151282 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:168718547;

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