Hollywood Nocturnes
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Hollywood Nocturnes | |
First edition cover |
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Author | James Ellroy |
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Cover artist | Jacket design by Iacone Ink |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre(s) | Short stories, crime fiction |
Publisher | Otto Penzler Books |
Publication date | April 1994 |
Media type | Print (hardcover & paperback) and audio cassette |
Pages | 229 pp (first edition, hardcover) |
ISBN | ISBN 0-883402-54-9 (first edition, hardcover) |
Hollywood Nocturnes is a 1994 collection of short stories by James Ellroy. Like many of Ellroy's novels, the majority of the stories are set in 1940s and 1950s.
[edit] Contents
- "Out of the Past"
- "Dick Contino's Blues"
- "High Darktown"
- "Dial Axminster 6-400"
- "Since I Don't Have You"
- "Gravy Train"
- "Torch Number"
[edit] Alternate collection name
The collection was also published outside the USA as Dick Contino's Blues and other stories[1]. "Out of the Past" is the first piece in the collection, but is included as an "Introduction" by the author, rather than as a short story[citation needed].
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/catalog/book.htm?command=Search&db=main.txt&eqisbndata=0099410117 Random House (Arrow Books parent company) listing for "Dick Contino's Blues"
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