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  The Hilliker Curse: My Pursuit of Women

The Hilliker Curse is a four-part memoir running in the April, June, September and November 2009 issues of Playboy.


It will be released on September 7, 2010 and it is tied to My Dark Places


Jean Hilliker, Ellroy’s mother, has had a profound effect on his life. He has always had to deal with his feelings of guilt about her murder, and that, in turn, has influenced all of his relationships with women. In this frank memoir, he explores those relationships, some of them profound, some of short duration. He’s always been in love with women, and sometimes loved by them. Written in Ellroy’s unique style, this is an extraordinary self portrait.

James Ellroy : It will be a treatise on the male romantic urge, a decorous tell-all, a thoughtfully essayed critique of the holy and horrific conjunction of men and women

In this Video, Ellroy invites us to visit the places in Los Angeles that haunt him and to meet the ghosts that possess him still.


Some info in english (LA Times)
Some info in french
Excerpt (PDF file)

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