Dick Contino's Blues And Other Stories

byJames Ellroy

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Dick Contino - 50s accordian player, a star in the making, is destroyed by a draft-dodging scandal. His life is on the skids until he comes up with the idea of resurrecting his career with a fake kidnapping scam.

meanwhile a serial killer is on the loose in Los Angeles...a killer who is closer to Contino than he suspects - a killer who wants in on the kidnap - for real...

Plus five previously unpublished short stories.
The outstanding American crime-writer of his generation
Peter Gutteridge, Independent

About James Ellroy

James Ellroy was born in Los Angeles. He is the author of the Underworld U.S.A Trilogy: American Tabloid, The Cold Six Thousand, and Blood's A Rover, and the L.A. Quartet novels: The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, L.A. Confidential, and White Jazz. He is the recipient of the Los Angeles Times Robert Kirsch Award for lifetime achievement. He lives in Colorado.
Details
  • Imprint: Arrow
  • ISBN: 9780099410119
  • Length: 176 pages
  • Dimensions: 198mm x 12mm x 129mm
  • Weight: 129g
  • Price: £12.99
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