James Ellroy

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Introduction

   • Steven Powell

   Pages 1-7

3. Lee Earle Ellroy and the Avon Novels

   • Steven Powell

   Pages 8-48

4. The Lloyd Hopkins Novels: Ellroy’s Displaced Romantic

   • Steven Powell

   Pages 49-90

5. James Ellroy, Jean Ellroy and Elizabeth Short: The Demon Dog and Transmogrification in The Black Dahlia

   • Steven Powell

   Pages 91-128

6. Developing Noir: The Los Angeles Quartet

   • Steven Powell

   Pages 129-168

7. The Narrative of Secret Histories in the Underworld USA Trilogy

   • Steven Powell

   Pages 169-215

8. Back Matter

   Pages 216-225

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James Ellroy: Demon Dog of Crime Fiction is a study of all of Ellroy's key works, from his debut novel Brown's Requiem to the epic Underworld USA trilogy. This book traces the development of Ellroy's writing style and the importance of his Demon Dog persona to carving out his unique place in American crime fiction.

• James Ellroy
• LA Noir
• Genre
• Underworld
• Corruption
• Crime Fiction
• fiction
• novel
• Romanticism

“He writes in a readable way, wears his learning lightly, and puts his discussions with Ellroy to good use. If you are interested in studying Ellroy, this thoughtful … book will prove a valuable and important resource.” (Martin Edwards, Do You Write Under Your Own Name, Doyouwriteunderyourownname.blogspot.de, January, 2016)

Steven Powell is a researcher at the University of Liverpool, UK. He is the editor of Conversations with James Ellroy (2012) and 100 American Crime Writers (2012). He has written several articles for the British Politics Review, blogs about crime fiction at VenetianVase.co.uk, and co-organised the James Ellroy: Visions of Noir conference at the University of Liverpool.

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