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“A dark journey into the mind of noir master James Ellroy. Through an exclusive interview and archival materials, the documentary intertwines his personal and artistic story with his unique vision of Los Angeles: the city where he was born, source of his traumas and an endless reservoir of events, crimes, and characters that became the foundation of his literary masterpieces. Ellroy’s rhythmic, jazz-inflected narration alternates with the sounds of the legendary Italian band Calibro 35.” — The Film Stage

L.A. QUARTET REISSUES

Same great books, new great look inside and out!!!!!

So far, new and groovily beautiful editions of The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, and White Jazz.

HAY Festival, Sevilla: February 13-15

Fundacion Telefonica, Madrid: February 17

Quais du Polar, Lyon: April 4-6

Espace Motoco, Mulhouse: April 9 @8 pm

Cinéma Le Cosmos, Strasbourg: April 10 @6 pm

Festival du Livre de Paris, Grand Palais: April 11-13

Saturday, September 28th

Book Signing. Salon du Livre (Hôtel de Ville) | 11am - 12pm.

James Ellroy Masterclass | 12:30pm - 1:30pm

L'œuvre au noir du "DOG" | 4:30pm - 5:30pm

Book Signing. Salon du Livre (Cours Marigny) with Shakespeare & Co. | 5:30pm - 6:30pm.

America Night: Book Signing. Salon du Livre (Cours Marigny) | 7pm - 8:30pm.

Sunday, September 29th

Book Signing. Salon du Livre (Cours Marigny) | 11am - 12pm.

James Ellroy's America | 2pm - 3pm
Book Signing. Salon du Livre (Cours Marigny) | 3pm to 4pm.

SEPT 23rd to OCT 6th

NEW EVENT ADDED!!!!!

Wednesday, September 25. 7 p.m. Transfuge Awards. Librairie Delamain. 155, rue Saint-Honoré. Paris 75001.

NPR's curated list of the "Best Books of 2023" includes, The Enchanters.

The review (link) concluded:

Marilyn Monroe's death has achieved myth status, and Ellroy's take on it is at once a superb crime novel about the city he's always written about, a love letter to a very different time, and a narrative that ensures the Freddy Otash novels will be mentioned along [with] the novels in The L.A. Quartet and the Underworld U.S.A. Trilogy as some of Ellroy's best work.

Saturday, November 18th with CBS Saturday Morning…every other Saturday with The Enchanters, or American Tabloid narrated by The Demon Dog himself!!!!!

Watch it at CBS

You’re getting every word of the original book. It’s coming at you uncut, unabridged, unbowdlerized, and unexpurgated. You’re getting Mattress Jack Kennedy’s rise and fall from the perspective of the three rogue cops who will come to waste his punk ass in Dallas. The book takes no prisoners and spares no sensibilities. It’s 576 scalding pages — and a hot-wired hot rod to Hell. Ditto, the podcast. It runs 21 hours. Hotshot actors read the dialogue. El Jefe Ellroy himself reads the narration — and, man, what a baleful bass-baritone!!!!! Add on a sin-tillating late '50s/early ‘60s soundtrack and an array of savage sound effects. It all adds up to a carcinogenic cocktail that you’ve got to imbibe —

Get it!!!!!

And don’t forget to read or re-read the book.