![]() ![]() Now try the same with any three books by Ellroy.Įllroy is the kind of writer who uses 30 words when eight would do, and still falls down on the job when it comes to descriptive writing. To see how James Ellroy, supposedly a master of modern hard-boiled fiction, stands up to the true masters, try this simple test: Look at your bookshelf and see how much space any three novels by Cain or Chandler take up. Cain - is determined not by how many words a writer can pack in, but by how few he needs. ![]() ![]() The marrow-and-bone elegance of hard-boiled fiction - the kind of prose left behind by the likes of Raymond Chandler and James M. ![]()
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