Höllenengel: Ein Island-Krimi (German Edition)

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He was engaged in crimes and was often homeless. He later said, Caddying was good tax-free cash and allowed me to get home by 2 p. I caddied right up to the sale of my fifth book. After a second marriage in the mids to Helen Knode, the couple moved from California to Kansas City in , in , after their divorce, Ellroy returned to Los Angeles. He then goes on to say that he works by Dashiell Hammett.

Ellroy followed these three novels with the Lloyd Hopkins Trilogy, three novels centered on Hopkins, a police officer, hallmarks of his work include dense plotting and a relentlessly pessimistic—albeit moral—worldview. His work has earned Ellroy the nickname Demon dog of American crime fiction, Ellroy writes longhand on legal pads rather than on a computer and prepares elaborate outlines for his books, most of which are several hundred pages long.

Dialog and narration in Ellroy novels often consists of a pastiche of jazz slang, cop patois, creative profanity. Rather than removing any subplots, Ellroy achieved this by cutting every unnecessary word from every sentence, while each sentence on its own is simple, the cumulative effect is a dense, baroque style. While his early novels earned him a following, Ellroy earned much greater success and critical acclaim with the L. The four novels represent Ellroys change of style from the tradition of classic modernist noir fiction of his novels to so-called postmodern historiographic metafiction.

Quartet, a series of novels set in s and s Los Angeles. This young deputy, Danny Upshaw, finds himself on a ride that will force him to confront secrets he has kept his whole life, even from himself. The entire story takes place in the aftermath of the notorious Sleepy Lagoon murder case and the resultant Zoot Suit Riots, as with most of Ellroys fiction, he liberally employs the brutal slang of the times.

Gays are fruits, homos, nances, blacks are boogies and jigs, the Big Nowhere received many positive reviews. Its a huge and its Hieronymus Bosch between hard covers, taking up where film noir left off as it introduces a trio of warped, cynical cops hopping aboard the Red Scare bandwagon. Through the eyes of some unforgettable, two-fisted cops we are taken from the Katydid Club to the Sunset Strip where the legendary crimelord Mickey Cohen buys the drinks.

While The Big Nowhere was praised for being engrossing and atmospheric, it was criticized for the unrelenting negative stereotypes depicted in the gay.

First published in , it is a book between the Lloyd Hopkins Trilogy and the L. It was first released by Avon as a paperback original under the title Silent Terror. But the title intended by Ellroy is Killer on the Road, after the Lloyd Hopkins Trilogy, written in the third person, Killer on the Road returns to the first-person narrative style of Ellroys first two novels. For the first time in Ellroys career, however, the story is written from a point of view.

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The basic premise—a serial killer who uses a van as a mobile killing room in which he murders hitchhikers—was apparently inspired by the case of Lawrence Bittaker. As revealed in Ellroys autobiography My Dark Places, several elements of the characters young adult life were lifted directly from Ellroys own crimes as a juvenile.

Michael Martin Plunkett is a genius who comes from a broken home, His father is a hustler and his mother is an alcoholic. After his parents divorce, Plunkett takes solace in a series of disturbing fantasies in which he re-assembles his classmates body parts. In high school, Plunkett, now realizing that there is something different about himself after his session with the school psychologist and he becomes obsessed with a series of comic books and fixates on the main villain, Shroud Shifter, a jewel thief obsessed with becoming invisible.

Plunkett comes to the conclusion that his own goal should become invisibility in the sense that he can move through life as nondescript as possible and she suffers a psychotic break and slits her writs, Plunkett drinks her blood and then calls an ambulance, reporting the suicide. He is placed in the care of an LAPD officer. He begins committing a series of burglaries in which he breaks into womens homes, kills their pets. The hippie apprehends Plunkett, and Plunkett is sentenced to a year in prison, in prison, Plunkett works to perfect his body while studying under other criminals and learning their techniques.

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Finally, one night, Plunkett abruptly lashes out and kills a girl, Anderson and Plunkett become romantically involved and Anderson uses his influence to protect Plunkett as his own murders increase in number and brutality. FBI agent Thomas Dusenberg is tasked with identifying and apprehending Anderson and he eventually captures Anderson, who gives up Plunkett in exchange for immunity from the death penalty. After Plunkett sees his own photo on wanted posters, he reasons—using a chain of paranoid logic—that Andersons family identified him as a serial killer, Plunkett goes to Andersons house, where he violently mutilates and murders his entire family.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Winners [ edit ] The most successful writers in the national category are the Swiss author Peter Zeindler , who won the Award four times between and each time receiving the first place award , and the German author Friedrich Ani , who won five times between and the 1st place once, and the 2nd place four times. Year National International 1. Frieder Faist — Schattenspiele 1. Peter Zeindler — Der Zirkel 2. Peter Schmidt — Erfindergeist 3.

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Peter Schmidt — Das Veteranentreffen 3. Peter Zeindler — Feuerprobe 2. Uta-Maria Heim — Das Rattenprinzip 1. James Ellroy — Stadt der Teufel L. Tom Kakonis — Abgezockt Double Down 3. Bernhard Schlink — Selbs Betrug 2. Martin Grzimek — Feuerfalter 3. Batya Gur — Denn am Sabbat sollst du ruhen 3. Jerome Charyn — Paradise Man 1. Pieke Biermann — Herzrasen 2. Uta-Maria Heim — Die Kakerlakenstadt 3. Detlef Bernd Blettenberg — Blauer Rum 2. Sabine Deitmer — Dominante Damen [2] 3.

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Wolf Haas — Silentium! Garry Disher — Gier Kickback 2. Ulrich Ritzel — Schwemmholz 2. Anne Chaplet — Nichts als die Wahrheit 3. Sam Jaun — Fliegender Sommer 1. Jean-Claude Izzo — Chourmo 2.

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Sidney Blackpool —42 years old, divorced, and with Los Angeles Police Department for 21 years, Sidney is tormented nightly by bad dreams that include floating coffins and Tommys resurrection as a young boy, which leave him sobbing and emotionally defenseless to cope with the loss 7. The author was noted for her elegant prose and sharp insights into the mind, as well as her cogent plots 8. The four novels represent Ellroys change of style from the tradition of classic modernist noir fiction of his novels to so-called postmodern historiographic metafiction 9.

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