My Dark Places

by James Ellroy | Biographies & Memoirs |
ISBN: 1841494194 Global Overview for this book
Registered by wingrahar109wing of Ash Vale, Surrey United Kingdom on 5/24/2017
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Journal Entry 1 by wingrahar109wing from Ash Vale, Surrey United Kingdom on Wednesday, May 24, 2017
James Ellroy investigates his mother's murder.

Journal Entry 2 by wingrahar109wing at Ash Vale, Surrey United Kingdom on Saturday, March 26, 2022
Part memoir, part true crime story, this is a fascinating book as Ellroy investigates his mother's murder decades earlier.

Journal Entry 3 by wingrahar109wing at Ash Vale, Surrey United Kingdom on Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Released 1 yr ago (3/29/2023 UTC) at Ash Vale, Surrey United Kingdom

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Journal Entry 4 by wingcestmoiwing at Hamilton, Ontario Canada on Wednesday, April 19, 2023
Thank you. This looks like it will be great!

Journal Entry 5 by wingcestmoiwing at Hamilton, Ontario Canada on Sunday, April 23, 2023
I just started reading this tonight and found the labels in the book, that I missed when I first journalled it! Thank you :)

I also noticed that the label in the book, is the one in memory of Bucklesbook; a lovely lady that I met many times at Toronto bookcrossing meetings. It was lovely to see her label in a book from so far away.

Journal Entry 6 by wingcestmoiwing at Hamilton, Ontario Canada on Wednesday, April 26, 2023
This was interesting. Ellroy's writing style is very abrupt and staccato. It lends a sense of urgency to his story and made me want to push on. At times, it is excruciatingly detailed and circular, but it does fit the narrative.

The book is basically in three parts. The first third is all about James Ellroy's childhood and youth, including his mother's murder. The middle is about police detectives, particulary Bill Stoner and his career as a homicide detective.

In the third part, the last part, their paths cross and they work together to find Geneva Ellroy's murderer. This takes them into the past and down rabbit holes and dead ends. James is almost obsessed and that comes through in his writing. Bill Stoner is more measured and distanced.

The author mentions several fiction works he has written but I have never heard of any of them. I may seek them out just to see if this book is typical of his style.

Thanks for sharing this rahar109.

Journal Entry 7 by wingcestmoiwing at Hamilton, Ontario Canada on Friday, May 5, 2023
As a follow up to this, I saw a documentary type program tonight that had an interview with James Ellroy. It was very interesting how he described his view of Hollywood as being about sex and crime based on his own life experience and the movie industry.

Journal Entry 8 by wingcestmoiwing at LFL - 99 West 25th in Hamilton, Ontario Canada on Sunday, May 7, 2023

Released 10 mos ago (5/7/2023 UTC) at LFL - 99 West 25th in Hamilton, Ontario Canada

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