Back Stadt der Teufel German L.A. Confidential (novela) Spanish L.A. Confidential (roman) French L.A. Confidential ID L.A. Confidential (romanzo) Italian L.A.コンフィデンシャル Japanese L.A. Confidential Malay Strikt Vertrouwelijk Dutch L.A. Confidential NB L.A. Confidential (livro) Portuguese
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 First edition cover | |
| Author | James Ellroy |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Jacket design by Paul Gamarello Jacket illustration by Stephen Peringer |
| Language | English |
| Series | L.A. Quartet |
| Genre | Crime fiction, noir, historical fiction |
| Publisher | The Mysterious Press |
Publication date | June 1990 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) and audio cassette |
| Pages | 496 pp (first edition, hardcover) |
| ISBN | 0-89296-293-3 (first edition, hardcover) |
| OCLC | 21041119 |
| 813/.54 20 | |
| LC Class | PS3555.L6274 L18 1990 |
| Preceded by | The Big Nowhere (1988) |
| Followed by | White Jazz (1992) |
L.A. Confidential (1990) is a neo-noir novel by American writer James Ellroy, the third of his L.A. Quartet series.[1][2] It is dedicated to Mary Doherty Ellroy. The epigraph is "A glory that costs everything and means nothing"—Steve Erickson.
- ^ Heffer, Fred (19 September 2017). "Why LA Confidential is Hollywood's last great noir". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
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