White Jazz

DIG IT HEPCATS!!! It's 1958. It's the end of James Ellroy's LA Quartet! The city of Lost Angels is becoming ever-so sin-talating! This time the Demon Dog takes uson the journey of the not-squeaky clean Davey Klien a cop, bagman, killer for hire, slumlord and everything in between. Along with having a wicked itch for his younger sister! Getting the picture now daddy-o?! The feds investigate corruption, Ed Exley is now a cold and callous higher-up, Dud Smith is still one baaaaad man, a bright young cop by the name of Junior Stemmons is slowly going mad and wants LA's underworld for himself. He meets a young actress who has upset Mister Howard Hughes. He falls for her. the Dodgers are trying to build a stadium. Davey wants in on the soon-to-be displaced Angelenos, his underworld benefactors want him to Kill! Kill! Kill! Exley wants him to work! work! work! on a verrrry big case Dud Smith is offering a prime job for another big case. the Feds are out for Davey's blood, they want to crucify him for all his naughty deeds. American Underworld's Pete Bondurant makes an appearance almost 3 years before we see his own adventures! Thrills, twists and chills ensue and Dave Klien is running scared and his story ends in a somber conclusion.

This was my first Ellroy novel and will not be my last. His style is truly unique. I didn't quite get it at first and didn't think i liked it but as I continued to listen I got and actually enjoyed it. I caught my self talking and thinking in short bursts like his writing. The story is more like a gangster tale except the main criminals are cops. Scott Brick made this book work for me. He could read the phonebook and I would listen. He made the characters appear in my head and added subtleties that made the character more vivid in my imagination. I say download and listen, it is very good!