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"One of the great American writers of our time." --Los Angeles Times Book Review "White Jazz makes previous detective fiction read like Dr. Seuss." --San Francisco Examiner "Riffling, rolling, reeling. . . . Ellroy's best." --The Denver Post "Riveting. . . . Impossible to put down. . . . An author who breaks all the rules. He's a kamikaze pilot on a collision course with hell. The pen moves madly across the page. . . . A book that is one long scream of rage and emptiness and longing." --The News and Observer
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- PublisherVintage
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0375727361
- ISBN 13 9780375727368
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages368
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