Steven Powell’s in-depth biography of the crime fiction writer James Ellroy which is very well constructed and extremely meaty. He is able to dive down deep into Ellroy’s life from birth to where he is today, which includes the death of his mother, life with his father afterwards and the questionable living life in the streets and his trouble with crime before settling down to become the writer he is today.
The beginning is very harrowing and very frank and honest which I truly applaud it for. This is warts and all and does not shy away from some very difficult subject matter that is his life but as we move forward to his writing career we are probably getting the most in-depth character study about the man and his gift to the world.
This is an excellent book and really hard to put into words a life that seems to outweigh the intense crime fiction that Ellroy produces. His life in itself is his best seller. Fascinating.