Noir is dead for me because historically, I think... - James Ellroy Quotes
Lee Earle "James" Ellroy is an American crime fiction writer and essayist. Ellroy has become known for a telegrammatic prose style in his most recent work, wherein he frequently omits connecting words and uses only short, staccato sentences, and in particular for the novels The Black Dahlia , The Big Nowhere , L.A. Confidential , White Jazz , American Tabloid , The Cold Six Thousand , and Blood's a Rover .
Noir is dead for me because historically, I think it's a simple view. I've taken it as far as it can go. I think I've expanded on it a great deal, taken it further than any other American novelist.
Lee Earle "James" Ellroy is an American crime fiction writer and essayist. Ellroy has become known for a telegrammatic prose style in his most recent work, wherein he frequently omits connecting words and uses only short, staccato sentences, and in particular for the novels The Black Dahlia , The Big Nowhere , L.A. Confidential , White Jazz , American Tabloid , The Cold Six Thousand , and Blood's a Rover ....