James Ellroy is an acclaimed yet controversial popular novelist. Since the publication of his
first novel Brown's Requiem in 1981, Ellroy's eccentric “Demon Dog” persona and his highly …

The city and the era had an enormous influence on his formative years and on his identity as
a crime writer. One of Ellroy's main aims as a crime novelist has been to revisit and …

In one sense James Ellroy needs no introduction. To be even remotely knowledgeable of
twentieth-century American literature or crime fiction is to know Ellroy. With his garish …

James Ellroy's identity as a crime writer is rooted in his extraordinary life story and
relationship with his home city of Los Angeles. Beginning with the unsolved murder of his …

Abstract James Ellroy's LA Quartet offers a vivid tapestry of literal and symbolic beastliness.
From the savage brutality of the “Wolverine Killer” in The Big Nowhere to the warped …

30 Deirdre M. Condit to men's frustration at their increasingly obvious exposure turns out to
be to blame women for their own victimization at men's hands—thereby deflecting the fault …

Wolverines, Werewolves and Demon Dogs: Animality, Criminality and Classification in James
Ellroy’s LA Quartet Nathan Ashman Page 1 1 Wolverines, Werewolves and Demon Dogs …

In Ellroy's 2006 essay after The Black Dahlia film's production, Ellroy describes his initial
motivation for writing the novel as “[m] isogynistic fury codified,” which he explains is “[t] he …

130 Jeffrey Becker order. In doing so, Ellroy's novels parallel recent social movements
questioning the purpose and effects of policing in a society that believes—at least publicly …

James Ellroy's treatment of race continues to captivate and polarize both popular and
academic opinion. Whilst some see the casual racism and often uncomfortable stereotypes …