Overview
Jean Hilliker, Ellroy s mother, has had a profound effect on his life. He has always had to deal with his feelings of guilt about her murder, and that, in turn, has influenced all of his relationships with women. In this frank memoir, he explores those relationships, some of them profound, some of short duration. He s always been in love with women, and sometimes loved by them. Written in Ellroy s unique style, this is an extraordinary memoir that details Ellroy s obsessive spiritual quest and dissects with unprecedented rigor the male romantic urge. The book is a companion to Ellroy s 1996 memoir, My Dark Places, the story of his mother s 1958 murder.
Full Product Details
Author: James Ellroy
Publisher: Cornerstone
Imprint: William Heinemann Ltd
Dimensions:
Width: 14.30cm
, Height: 2.20cm
, Length: 22.20cm
Weight: 0.392kg
ISBN: 9780434020645
ISBN 10: 0434020648
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 09 September 2010
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: Out of stock
Reviews
“As fascinating as it is at times utterly disturbing.”<br> — Entertainment Weekly<br> <br>“Crime writer James Ellroy’s most compelling mystery story has always been his own . . . But The Hilliker Curse is not meant to be merely a confession. It is an act of creation . . . There’s a truth of feeling in it, too, an underlying sense of what it is actually like to live in the vortex of an impossible yearning . . . Ellroy is expert and relentless at dramatizing the effects [of his obsession].”<br> — Wall Street Journal <br> <br>“This latest book is Ellroy’s most intimate and personal . . . It’s forceful and unsparing in its revelations . . . [His sentences] make you grateful to read his prose, with its marvelous fury, passion and energy. They also compel you to keep rooting for him.”<br> — San Francisco Chronicle <br>   <br>“Crime novelist Ellroy has given us a wild memoir in his h
A remarkable memoir...Hugely enjoyable. * The Economist * We turn the pages gripped with a rubbernecker's fascination...It is ugly, beautiful, reprehensible and moving. In other words, a hard book to forget. * Irish Times * High-octane...A breathless piece of writing...When it comes to pinning down the most startling possible word collision, Ellroy's acrobatic pizzazz is beyond doubt...This is literary knife-throwing at its most exhilarating and dangerous...An impassioned love letter written by a man who does at least sincerely believe he has now found The One. -- Julie Myerson * Guardian * A painfully honest book, written in Ellroy's usual blunt, breathless but often starkly beautiful prose...A monument to the author as compassionate lover, intellectual giant, creative powerhouse and emotional truthteller. It's a marvellous read, sly, self-mocking and filled with troubling insight. * Time Out * James Ellroy's crime novels have been much acclaimed for their dark plots, tough prose and generally bleak view of the world. Now that he's brought those same qualities to bear on a history of relationships with women, the result, inevitably, is not for the faint-hearted...Ellroy writes with such swagger and certainty that it's hard not to be swept along. He also - let's face it - has quite a tale to tell. * Daily Mail *
Author Information
James Ellroy was born in Los Angeles in 1948. He is the author of the acclaimed 'LA Quartet'- The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, LA Confidential and White Jazz. His most recent novel, Blood's a Rover, completes the magisterial 'Underworld USA Trilogy' - the first two volumes of which (American Tabloid and The Cold Six Thousand) were both Sunday Times bestsellers.
