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The Big Nowhere

by James Ellroy

1988 · mystery & crime · adult

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Set in 1 place · 1 primary
Sense of Place
5/5
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The author of *The Black Dahlia* presents the powerful second novel in his L.A. Quartet. In *The Big Nowhere*, three men are caught up in a massive web of ambition, perversion and deceit. A remarkably vivid portrait of a remarkable time and place.

Set in

  • ★
    Los Angeles · United States
    1950 Red Scare noir setting
    ★ primary

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