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Random House, New York

The subtitle is : Reportage and Fiction from the Underside of L.A.
This is a collection of James Ellroy's writings about true crime which have appeared in American GQ magazine between 1993 and 1999.
More information about all the articles written by Ellroy and published in GQ.

The book is divided in four sections :

Unsolved
  • "My Mother's Killer" : this article is the beginning of the book My Dark Places. You can find a french version online. Published in GQ in november 1993
  • "Body Dumps" : published in GQ in march-april 1998
Getchell
Danny Getchell is the editor of Hollywood's scurvy scandal rag Hush-Hush.
These novels are not avalailable in the french edition because the book was released in France first in autumn 1998.
  • "Hush-Hush" : published in GQ in september 1998
  • "Tijuana Mon amour": published in GQ in february-march 1999
Contino
  • "Hollywood Shakedown" : published in GQ in november-december 1997
  • "Out of the past" : this essay relates the true story of Dick Contino. Published in GQ in august 1994
L.A.
  • "Sex, Glitz and Greed: The Seduction of OJ Simpson" : published in GQ in december 1994
  • "The Tooth Crime" : published in GQ in july 1995
  • "Bad Boy of Tinsletown" : published in GQ in october 1997.
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