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The Black Dahlia -
James Ellroy
1987 - The Mysterious Press, New York - First Edition
Based on the most notorious murder case in Hollywood. On January 15, 1947, the torture-ravished body of a beautiful young woman is found in a vacant Los Angeles lot. The victim, raven-haired 22-year-old actress Elizabeth Short, makes headlines as the ‘Black Dahlia’ and so begins the greatest manhunt in California history.
‘A mesmerising study of the psycho-sexual obsession ... extraordinarily well written’ – The Times.
The first in what became Ellroy’s ‘L.A. Quartet’ (the others being The Big Nowhere, L.A. Confidential, and White Jazz).
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1987 - The Mysterious Press, New York - First Edition
Based on the most notorious murder case in Hollywood. On January 15, 1947, the torture-ravished body of a beautiful young woman is found in a vacant Los Angeles lot. The victim, raven-haired 22-year-old actress Elizabeth Short, makes headlines as the ‘Black Dahlia’ and so begins the greatest manhunt in California history.‘A mesmerising study of the psycho-sexual obsession ... extraordinarily well written’ – The Times.
The first in what became Ellroy’s ‘L.A. Quartet’ (the others being The Big Nowhere, L.A. Confidential, and White Jazz).

Price HK$ 2,000