Clandestine by James Ellroy

Clandestine by James Ellroy

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Set in Los Angeles in the 1950s, this is the story of Frederick Underhill's dream to become the most celebrated detective of all time. The death of a lonely woman soon gives him his chance but instead of finding his career on the way up, Underhill finds his life about to collapse.

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Clandestine by James Ellroy

Set in 1950s L A CLANDESTINE follows Frederick Underhill of the Los Angeles Police Department as he pursues his dream to become the most celebrated detective of all time. The death of a lonely woman gives him his chance. As an ex-lover of the victim, Underhill soon gets on the case with L A's most feared interrogator Lieutenant Dudley Smith. But instead of finding his career on the way up, he finds his life about to take a fall...
"The outstanding American crime writer of his generation" Peter Gutteridge, Independent "Ellroy is a unique voice in American fiction" Jonathan Kellerman "Ellroy's crime fiction represents a high mark in the genre" New York Newsday "One of the most important popular fiction writers in America, whose best books take their readers to the darkest places of the human condition - a Tinseltown Dostoyevsky" Time Out
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ISBN 13 9780099226222
ISBN 10 0099226227
Title Clandestine
Author James Ellroy
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Cornerstone
Year published 1996-10-31
Number of pages 352
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