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A review by bloodonsnow
Suicide Hill by James Ellroy
3.0
This book was decent for most writers, but mediocre for Ellroy. It was, however, interesting to see him becoming - you can almost see the man that would eventually come to write LA Confidential in these pages, see some of the themes that would become the subjects of all of his work touched upon.
I do think this one got tied up in too neat a bow. Perhaps that was what his publisher wanted, perhaps it was what Ellroy thought his readers wanted. Either way, the tidy red bow on the bloody trilogy does a disservice. I'm glad he grew out of that.
I do think this one got tied up in too neat a bow. Perhaps that was what his publisher wanted, perhaps it was what Ellroy thought his readers wanted. Either way, the tidy red bow on the bloody trilogy does a disservice. I'm glad he grew out of that.