Love Me Fierce in Danger by Steven Powell and James Ellroy (.ePUB)
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Love Me Fierce in Danger: The Life of James Ellroy by Steven Powell and James Ellroy
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Overview: Love Me Fierce in Danger is the first critical biography of James Ellroy, a titan of American crime fiction and one of the most provocative and singular figures in American literature. The so-called Demon Dog of American Crime Fiction, Ellroy enjoys a celebrity status and notoriety that few authors can match. However, traumas from the past have shadowed his literary success.
When Ellroy was ten years old, his mother was brutally murdered. The crime went unsolved and her death marked the start of a long and turbulent road for Ellroy that has included struggles with alcoholism, drug addiction, homelessness and jail time. In tracing his life and career, Steven Powell reveals how Ellroy’s upbringing in Los Angeles, always on the periphery of Hollywood, had a profound and dark influence on his work as a novelist. Using new sources, Powell also uncovers Ellroy’s family secrets, including the mysterious first marriage of his mother Jean Ellroy, eighteen years before her murder. At its heart, Love Me Fierce in Danger is the story of how Ellroy overcame his demons to become the bestselling and celebrated author of such classics as The Black Dahlia and LA Confidential .
Informed by interviews with friends, family, peers and literary and Hollywood collaborators, as well as extensive conversations with Ellroy himself, Love Me Fierce in Danger pulls back the curtain on an enigmatic figure who has courted acclaim and controversy with equal zealotry.
Genre: Non-Fiction > Biographies & Memoirs
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