An Ellroy Fix
Sunday, August 27th, 2006I OD’ed on James Ellroy books a couple of years ago, and found myself spending way too much time trying to find ways to use outdated slang. I do still have a couple in reserve to read (I think I am going to like ‘White Jazz’). A recent essay by Ellroy in the LA Times is a nice reminder of why the world needs more of his prose. My favorite paragraph:
I’d see little kids with their pets and start weeping. I’d see news clips of Lou Gehrig and Ronald Reagan and lose it. I could not cut myself off from the world. All my compartments were sieves.
