Finished Th 10/30/14
The book is an authentic 'thrill ride', but I think it went on a bit too long. It's almost 700 pages and I made it to about five hundred and skimmed to the end.
Some of the characters are modeled after 'real-life' people, and other character appear in other James Ellroy novels.
All of the characters are drunks, drug addled, and depraved and it's really hard to believe that these people were in control of the city of Los Angeles. But, stranger things are true.
Benzedrine and opium (and, of course, booze) are the fave stimulants.
Many of the characters are incredibly violent and racist.
REVIEWS-
http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/books/article2165560.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/07/books/review/james-ellroys-perfidia.html
AMAZON-
http://www.amazon.com/Perfidia-A-novel-James-Ellroy/dp/0307956997
Wikipedia-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfidia_(James_Ellroy_novel)
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