L.A. Confidential
by James Ellroy | Mystery & Thrillers | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0446674249 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0446674249 Global Overview for this book
2 journalers for this copy...
bought to release
I had the previous BookCrosser send this book to my mother for her to read. This Mom did, but without allowing it to lure her back into the BookCrossing fold. Darn!
A few weeks ago the book passed back into my custody, and my husband read it (raveningly). Interestingly, I was in the same weeks reading Shocking True Story, a non-fiction (but still lurid) account of the history of one of the "rag mags" that shows up in L.A. Confidential (not Hush-Hush, though). The author of Shocking True Story explains in the Epilogue that he became interested in the time and place of the magazine Confidential after reading L.A. Confidential.
Anyway, now the book is set to be mailed off to a friend, now in Canada, whom I have ALSO previously (with very limited success) tried to get into BookCrossing.
As for this book: I read it shortly after the movie came out. The two together are quite possibly the best "page-to-screen" adaptation EVER: each event happens differently as the story is told in each medium, but it still feels like the same story. The honor of "best-in-two-media" was bestowed upon this by a friend of mine who is an author, VERY interested in stories across media. He says that if a novel of his is ever adapted to screen, he hopes he will have the sang-froid to tell the screenwriter: "These are my characters, these are the key scenes I really care about: now make it make sense your way and don't worry any further about me."
A few weeks ago the book passed back into my custody, and my husband read it (raveningly). Interestingly, I was in the same weeks reading Shocking True Story, a non-fiction (but still lurid) account of the history of one of the "rag mags" that shows up in L.A. Confidential (not Hush-Hush, though). The author of Shocking True Story explains in the Epilogue that he became interested in the time and place of the magazine Confidential after reading L.A. Confidential.
Anyway, now the book is set to be mailed off to a friend, now in Canada, whom I have ALSO previously (with very limited success) tried to get into BookCrossing.
As for this book: I read it shortly after the movie came out. The two together are quite possibly the best "page-to-screen" adaptation EVER: each event happens differently as the story is told in each medium, but it still feels like the same story. The honor of "best-in-two-media" was bestowed upon this by a friend of mine who is an author, VERY interested in stories across media. He says that if a novel of his is ever adapted to screen, he hopes he will have the sang-froid to tell the screenwriter: "These are my characters, these are the key scenes I really care about: now make it make sense your way and don't worry any further about me."
