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Los Angeles, 1958. Killings, beatings, bribes, shakedowns--it's standard procedure for Lieutenant Dave Klein, LAPD. He's a slumlord, a bagman, an enforcer--a power in his own small corner of hell. Then the Feds announce a full-out investigation into local police corruption, and everything goes haywire. Klein's been hung out as bait, "a bad cop to draw the heat," and the heat's coming from all sides: from local politicians, from LAPD brass, from racketeers and drug kingpins--all of them hell-bent on keeping their own secrets hidden. For Klein, "forty-two and going on dead," it's dues time. Klein tells his own story--his voice clipped, sharp, often as brutal as the events he's describing--taking us with him on a journey through a world shaped by monstrous ambition, avarice, and perversion. It's a world he created, but now he'll do anything to get out of it alive. Fierce, riveting, and honed to a razor edge, White Jazz is crime fiction at its most shattering. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Zwartboek L.A., James Elroy, Auke Leistra
- Langue
- Année de publication
- 1998
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- (souple),
- État du livre
- Très bon
- Prix
- 2,79 €
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- Titre
- Zwartboek L.A.
- Langue
- Néerlandais
- Auteurs
- James Elroy, Auke Leistra
- Éditeur
- De Arbeiderspers
- Publié
- 1998
- Format
- souple
- Pages
- 399
- ISBN10
- 9029514930
- ISBN13
- 9789029514934
- Séries
- L.A. Quartet
- Mots clés
- Fiction, Polars & Thrillers, Romans historiques, Polars, Thriller, Amour, Politique, États-Unis, Littérature américaine, Polars classiques, Détective, Noir, Police, Mafias, Corruption, Jazz, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Cœur
- Première publication
- 1992
- Titre original
- White Jazz
- Évaluation
- 3,95 sur 5
- Description
- Los Angeles, 1958. Killings, beatings, bribes, shakedowns--it's standard procedure for Lieutenant Dave Klein, LAPD. He's a slumlord, a bagman, an enforcer--a power in his own small corner of hell. Then the Feds announce a full-out investigation into local police corruption, and everything goes haywire. Klein's been hung out as bait, "a bad cop to draw the heat," and the heat's coming from all sides: from local politicians, from LAPD brass, from racketeers and drug kingpins--all of them hell-bent on keeping their own secrets hidden. For Klein, "forty-two and going on dead," it's dues time. Klein tells his own story--his voice clipped, sharp, often as brutal as the events he's describing--taking us with him on a journey through a world shaped by monstrous ambition, avarice, and perversion. It's a world he created, but now he'll do anything to get out of it alive. Fierce, riveting, and honed to a razor edge, White Jazz is crime fiction at its most shattering. From the Trade Paperback edition.