{"product_id":"9781501367311-love-me-fierce-in-danger-the-life-of-james-ellroy","title":"Powell Dr Steven (University Of Liverpool Uk) - Love Me Fierce In Danger The Life Of James Ellroy - Paperback","description":"Binding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\nDescription: Winner OF 2024 Edgar Allan POE Award (BEST Critical\/ Biographical BOOK) THE Telegraph's BEST Books OF THE Yearshortlisted FOR THE H. R. F Keating Award FOR BEST Biographical\/ Critical BOOK\" As gripping and twisted as a James Ellroy novel.\" - Ian Rankin\" A masterpiece of literary biography.\" - David Peace The first critical biography of a titan of American crime fiction. Love Me Fierce In Danger is the story of James Ellroy one of the most provocative and singular figures in American literature. The so - called Demon Dog of 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 L a 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 L a 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.\u003cbr\u003e\nTitle: Love Me Fierce In Danger The Life Of James Ellroy\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthor(s): Powell Dr Steven (University Of Liverpool Uk)\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc\u003cbr\u003e\nBarcode: 9781501367311\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 352 Pages, 20 Bw Illus\u003cbr\u003e\nPublication Date: 2\/9\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\nCategory: Literary Studies: Fiction, Novelists \u0026amp; Prose Writers","brand":"Powell Dr Steven (University Of Liverpool Uk)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49617636196657,"sku":"IN-G-9781501367311","price":17.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/6759\/9594\/files\/9781501367311.jpg?v=1724638033","url":"https:\/\/bookdelivered.com\/products\/9781501367311-love-me-fierce-in-danger-the-life-of-james-ellroy","provider":"Book Delivered","version":"1.0","type":"link"}