Perfidia

novel by Ellroy

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Perfidia (2014) is the first novel in James Ellroy's second L.A. Quartet series. This novel chronologically precedes the events of his earlier L.A. Quartet series, featuring many of the same characters and presenting a dark view of Los Angeles. Ellroy is known for his crime and detective novels that explore dark periods of American history, particularly police corruption in 1940s Los Angeles. His later works fictionalize real political events from the 1950s, 60s, and 70s.12

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Perfidia (2014) was the first volume in his second L.A. Quartet. The novel, which chronologically precedes the events of the earlier series, features many of the same characters and evokes a similarly penumbral view of Los Angeles. The story continues in This Storm (2019), the…
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Perfidia (2014) was the first volume in his second L.A. Quartet. The novel, which chronologically precedes the events of the earlier series, features many of the same characters and evokes a similarly penumbral view of Los Angeles. The story continues in This Storm (2019), the…
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