Crime Wave

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Summary: Couldn't stop reading it.
Review: Crime wave is the book that made me the James Ellroy fan I am today. From the first sentence, I was hooked.

Crime wave is a book of short stories, actual true crime cases, and a few essays written by Ellroy for GQ Magazine.

Reading Ellroy is almost like singing along with a tune on the radio, it's all about rythm. Included are a story about Ellroy's Mother's unsolved murder and another fictitious story involving Dick Contino. The stories that I loved most of all though, were the stories told by Danny Getchell, the dirt digger for HUSH-HUSH magazine.

All in all, I loved Crime Wave because it is a look at 1950s crime in L.A. I think Ellroy fans and non-Ellroy fans alike, should do themselves a favor and pick up a copy of CRIME WAVE.