LOS ANGELES: HOLLYWOOD AND BEYOND

Ellroy, James. L.A. confidential, London : Mysterious Press, 1990.

No doubt the screenwriters who adapted this novel for the screen (the smash 2001 film) were grateful for the raw material they were dealing with.

L.A. Confidential maintains Ellroy's reputation as a great writer.  His prose has an authentic ring of truth as he delves back into the corrupt Hollywood of so-called Golden Age.  

The language is profane, the characters hard-boiled, the plot gripping, and the whole novel is a page turner.

Ellroy is a master of the crime genre