James Ellroy - A Companion to the Mystery Fiction

"This comprehensive guide to James Ellroy's work and life is arranged as an encyclopedia covering his entire career. It introduces new readers to his characters and plots, and provides experienced Ellroy fans and scholars with detailed analyses of the themes, motifs and stylistic innovations of his books"--

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Table of Contents

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Ellroy's Works in Chronological Order delete�BR>
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About the author

Jim Mancall is assistant provost at Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts, where he occasionally lectures about detective and mystery fiction. He lives in Norton, Massachusetts.Series Editor Elizabeth Foxwell, an Agatha Award winner, serves as managing editor of Clues: A Journal of Detection and is an editor at McFarland.

Product details

• Authors: James N. Mancall, Jim Mancall, Jim/ Foxwell Mancall
• Assisted by: Elizabeth Foxwell (Editor)
• Publisher: McFarland
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2013
• EAN: 9780786433070
• ISBN: 978-0-7864-3307-0
• Series: McFarland Companions to Myster; McFarland Companions to Mystery Fiction; McFarland Companions to Mystery Fiction
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies