{"product_id":"9781501361678","title":"Big Somewhere Essays on James Ellroy's Noir World","description":"\u003ch1\u003eBig Somewhere\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eEssays on James Ellroy's Noir World\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSteven Powell\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Mystery \u0026amp; Detective\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the H.R.F. Keating Award 2020\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJames Ellroy's identity as a crime writer is rooted in his extraordinary life story and relationship with his home city of Los Angeles. Beginning with the unsolved murder of his mother, Geneva Hilliker Ellroy, in 1958, Ellroy's early life played a large role in shaping his obsessions with murder, the criminal underworld of L.A. and the redemptive power of the feminine. Ellroy's life could be seen as a brutal, visceral and emotionally exhausting realisation of the American Dream, a theme he has explored in his writing to the extent that he is credited with reinventing crime fiction. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Big Somewhere: Essays on James Ellroy's Noir World\u003c\/i\u003e is an in-depth, scholarly study of the work of James Ellroy, featuring leading Ellroy scholars such as Anna Flügge, Jim Mancall and Rodney Taveira. Moving from Ellroy's early detective novels to his later epic works of historical fiction, it explores how Ellroy found his place in the history of the genre by building on, and then surpassing, the works of authors who influenced him such as Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler and Joseph Wambaugh. It also examines Ellroy's impact on contemporary writers and on the cultural perception of L.A., which has been his legacy through the L.A. Quartet novels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 'Big Somewhere' is not a geographical location, but a conglomeration of the cinematic, historical and fictional worlds that influenced Ellroy, from film noir to the Kennedy era in American politics, and on which he, in turn, has left his mark.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSteven Powell \u003c\/b\u003eis an Honorary Fellow in the English Department at the University of Liverpool, UK. He is the editor of \u003ci\u003eConversations with James Ellroy\u003c\/i\u003e (2012) and \u003ci\u003e100 American Crime Writers\u003c\/i\u003e (2012). His most recent work is \u003ci\u003eJames Ellroy: Demon Dog of Crime Fiction \u003c\/i\u003e(2016).\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e23 January 2020\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781501361678\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e224\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10.88\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51331849158796,"sku":"9781501361678","price":42.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_e41a4b61-fc88-44c5-91ed-c80a3e378ad7.jpg?v=1783599476","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781501361678","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}