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hermetic

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33. This one is brand new

Wed Jun 26, 2019, 10:03 AM

Jun 2019

Impressive.

He has quite an interesting history. Lots of dark stuff in real life.

I read this about him, which I think is pretty cool: ..his signature writing style is not the result of a conscious experimentation but of chance and came about when he was asked by his editor to shorten his novel L.A. Confidential by more than one hundred pages. Rather than removing any subplots, Ellroy abbreviated the novel by cutting every unnecessary word from every sentence, creating a unique style of prose.

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Agree with you hermetic Jun 2019 #15

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That's the one. dhol82 Jun 2019 #21

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I AM scared... hermetic Jun 2019 #11

Hits REALLY close to home. In parts of the book it was like I was reading the daily news. Runningdawg Jun 2019 #19

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McCrumb has written a lot of books hermetic Jun 2019 #12

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I think I read that hermetic Jun 2019 #13

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This one is brand new hermetic Jun 2019 #33

Sounds accurate. Paladin Jun 2019 #34

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Sounds good hermetic Jun 2019 #32

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A wonderful book. One of my favorites ever Cousin Dupree Jun 2019 #28

That is a great book. mainstreetonce Jun 2019 #30

Excellent book hermetic Jun 2019 #31

Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris. His books are so funny! Cousin Dupree Jun 2019 #29

Love Sedaris! hermetic Jun 2019 #36

I have a few on the go, as usual matt819 Jun 2019 #35

Sure enough... hermetic Jun 2019 #37