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These seven novels have won numerous honors and were international best sellers. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by. Ellroy s mother geneva was murdered in 1958, when he was 10 years old, and the killer was never identified. The black dahlia was based in part on the unsolved reallife murder of his mother when. My dark places by james ellroy here is a quick description and cover image of book my dark places written by james ellroy which was published in 19961112. Sep 09, 2010 buy my dark places by ellroy, james isbn. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. The book then segues into memoir, exploring the formative effect of his mothers death on ellroys life he was 10 at the time as he went off the rails, and became an alcoholic, roughsleeping shoplifter and burglar, before turning his life around and becoming a veteran author of crime fiction. Used books may not include companion materials, may have some shelf wear, may contain highlightingnotes, may not include cds or access codes. We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. James ellroys first memoir, from 1996 reissued to tie in with the. My dark places by james ellroy in doc, epub, rtf download e book.
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