Usuku olwedlule 1 umbhali waseMelika UJames ellroy ithole i- Umklomelo kaPepe Carvalho ku Umkhosi Wenoveli Emnyama we Barcelona lokho kuyaphela namuhla. Omunye wababhali bomhlaba ababaluleke kakhulu kulolo hlobo, u-Ellroy ubuye abe ngumlingiswa kuye uqobo incazelo ye «Inja enogwaja " Akuhambi ngenhloso. Manje a uhlelo olusha lwe Amakhona ami amnyama, umlando wakhe omnyama kakhulu noma ngaphezulu kunalawo manoveli asontekile, aminyene futhi angaphezu komnyama kangangokuba ubhala.

Ubani ongaziyo uyazi ngendaba yami yothando naye, isukela ekuqaleni kwale nkulungwane yeminyaka. Kuyena ngikweleta ingxenye enhle yothando lwami oluphelele ngalolu hlobo ngohlobo lwalo oluhlaza kakhulu, olunodlame nolwe-visceral. Kudala ngangimkweleta amagama ambalwa, ngakho-ke namuhla udaba kakhulu kakhulu.

Inja Ehlanyayo

Ngiyalujabulela ulimi olungcolile, amaphoyisa ashaya oboshiwe ...

Ngiyinkosi yenoveli yobugebengu.

Angikuniki lutho mayelana nesikhathi samanje.

UJames Ellroy, Barcelona, ​​ngoFebhuwari 2018

Nge-Ellroy akunasisekelo esiphakathi. Kuphakathi kokushisekela noma ukwenyanya ngesilinganiso esilinganayo, njengomlobi noma njengomuntu. Kepha uma unentshisekelo kuzo zombili lezi zinhlaka, i-PASSION. Uma ngabe Uxhumano lwezincwadi zegazi, ubugebengu, inkohlakalo yamaphoyisa kanye nokuhlukaniswa okungahlanzekile kwesimo somuntu esinyanyeka kakhulu, sekunzima ukubaleka. Uma uthonywe nguye isitayela esiyingqayizivele kangaka se-telegraphy nentambo yokusika ngaphandle kwe-anesthesia, uzotheleleka ngaphandle kwekhambi. Futhi uma ujabuliswa yigalari eyingqayizivele yezinhlamvu, ngamunye ngamunye ubugebengu, ukuphazamiseka, isihluku, isihluku noma inkohlakaloFuthi-ke, muntu, ngeke usaba nensindiso.

U-Ellroy, u-Angeleno ozinikele wasedolobheni lakubo futhi ongafunanga ukubala isikhathi (futhi akanandaba naso) ngale kuka-1972 Ungumlingiswa kakhulu noma ungaphezu kwalabo abasezincwadini zakhe. Ukungahloniphi, i-histrionic, evusa inkanuko, okushisayo emibonweni yakhe nangamazwi akhe, okuyi-narcissistic futhi okusolwa ukuthi kuphazamisekile noma kuyaphazamisa. Lezi zinsuku, ngaphandle kokuqhubeka, kushiya amaparele engalungile kwezepolitiki njengalawa angaphambilini. Ngoba uma okuthile kungu-Ellroy kunjalo akulungile ngazo zonke izindlela. Futhi lokho, ngalezi zikhathi, kungukuqina nokufeza.

Ubuntu bakhe budlula izincwadi zakhe eziqavile noma kunalokho kuyiveza. Yiba umlingiswa ophambili we Indaba yomuntu esabekayo ebuntwaneni, yayinjani i- akazange axazulule ukudlwengulwa nokubulawa kukanina, ngokuqinisekile kuphawula ukuba khona kwanoma ngubani. Ukuthi ukwenze kanjani e-Ellroy kungabonakala ngokuningiliziwe ngaphandle kokucwaninga kulokhu okushiwo ngaphambili Amakhona ami amnyama. Kepha ukuhlola umhlaba ahlala kuwo kungcono ufunde amanoveli akhe. Kusekhona namanje bambalwa ababhali bohlobo lwakhe abamgubungele futhi ushiye uphawu lwakhe kokuningi.

Mina no-Mad Dog

Amanothi akhombisa indoda elinganiselwe ebheka izinkanyezi, futhi ifinyelela cishe kuzo zonke. Imikhawulo idluliwe ngokubekezela okunolaka. Ubulungiswa obungaziwa ngokuphelele, ngaphandle kokunyuswa noma udumo. […] UWendell Bud White ubonwe okokuqala.

UJames ellroy - LA Kuyimfihlo (1990)

Ukuwa Kwami Kuzo Izilo by Ellroy kwenzeka ekuqaleni kwalesi sikhathi seminyaka eyinkulungwane. Kwenzelwe i- Imfihlo ye-LA, nguCurtis Hanson (1997), engingazange ngiyibone ebhayisikobho ngaleso sikhathi, kodwa ngo-2000. Kusukela lapho ngilahlekelwe ukubala ukuthi sengibe khona kangaki. Kepha kwakuyiphutha lakhe ikakhulukazi:

Bud omhlophe

Uma ukuhumusha ukuthi ngaleso sikhathi akwaziwa Russell Crowe ngabe uMhlophe wayengasho isibhamu enhliziyweni esangiphula ngokoqobo kuze kube manje, njengamanje ngabe angiwathayiphi la magama. Futhi umphefumulo wami wawungeke uchitheke ngokuphelele lapho ngiwubona "ekudalweni kwawo kwephepha kwasekuqaleni. UMnu Crowe kufanele asolwe ngokuthanda okuningi empilweni yami. Okumangalisa kakhulu ukubolekisa ubuso nomzimba wakhe kumlingisi wezemibhalo ohamba phambili ohlwini lwabayishumi abangithinte kakhulu ekujuleni kwemibhalo.

UBud White ungowami ingqikithi yomlingiswa wesilisa wokubhala ongangikhanga kakhulu futhi ukubamba. Lokho kugcwele imiphetho, cumehluko ophelele wobudlova nodlame olubhekiswe kusizinda esihlukumezekile nemizwa exubile, okukhuthaza ukuthakazelisa kwami ​​okukhulu kunakho konke. Ngoba kungani uyiphika, ngingumfundi nomlobi ongalungile ngepolitiki. Angikwazi ukuzibamba. Sonke sinohlangothi lwethu olumnyama futhi okwami ​​akukwazanga ukugwema ukunikezela inoveli ngethoni izindaba eziqanjiwe zabalandeli lokho kuhamba lapho abasebenzi bekhona.

Kepha futhi ...

lokho ngemuva kokufunda Imfihlo ye-LA, bonke abanye bawa, balandelwa futhi baphoqeleka, ngoba ngabanjwa yileyondlela yokulandisa u-Ellroy, lokho kunzima ngezinye izikhathi, ukuminyanisa, isitayela sesibhamu esincane esidubula izinhlamvu ebangeni eliseduze. Isitayela esingakucindezela, cishe sibe yisiyezi, sikwehlise ngobunzima bokulandisa kwaso. Ayizifanele zonke izethameli, ngisho kubo bonke abalandeli bohlobo. Futhi kunjalo azilungele izisu ezibucayi. Kulokho kungezwa iziza eziyinkulungwane neziza, izinhlamvu eziyinkulungwane nezangempela eziqanjiwe ezihlangana endaweni ethintekayo ne-epicenter yedolobha le-cinematic kakhulu ukuze lezo zindawo ezikhohlakele, zamanga noma ezingaphezulu zenzeke.

Ama-40s kanye nawo IBlack Dahlias, 50 no Ukhisimusi onegazi we-LAPD Somandla nomphathi wakhe odumile, uWilliam H. Parker. Ama-60s kanye ne-aura efanayo yobungcwele nenkohlakalo ye JFK. I-FBI ye U-EJ Hoover, isicebi Howard Hughes, izixuku USam Giancana, uMickey Cohen, iSanto Trafficante noma uJack Dragna. El I-hollywood yegolide Futhi kugcwele amahlazo, uhlu olumnyama lwamalungu esenator McCarthy, inkinga yemicibisholo, ukuthunyelwa okuyimfihlo ku Cuba yamasosha aseCIA ... Okuhle kakhulu kunakho konke kwekhulu lama-XNUMX laseNyakatho Melika utshele kaninginingi ngokulungiswa ngokweqile endabeni yayo, njengo-Ellroy's.

Futhi futhi ...

umseshi UFritz onsundu, amaphoyisa UBucky Bleichert noLee Blanchard, USargeant ULloyd Hopkins, abesabekayo UPete bondurant, uKaputeni uDudley Smith ongummeli, oyinxusa U-Dwight holly, lo Indlovukazi Ebomvu, waphezulu Ichibi laseVeronica ekubukeni kwesifebe ULynn bracken, umbulali omkhulu wendlela omkhulu. Futhi okuningi okuningi, ngoba kunezinkulungwane zabalingiswa abakhulu abadalwe yile nja enkulu yokubhala evela edolobheni egcwele izingelosi eziwile.

Kepha ngaphezu kwakho konke, ukuthi uma umuntu ezishaya isifuba ngokufunda uhlobo olumnyama, U-Ellroy ungenye yezinto ezibalulekile. Ungaqala ngesakhiwo sakudala nokuthuthuka, njengokwokuqala. I-trilogy kaSergeant Hopkins ayisona isiqalo esibi. Kepha futhi, kunjalo, IBlack Dahlia. Futhi-ke i-LA Quartet The most, let's say, awkward or difficult titles for me: Umbulali womgwaqo o Ama-greats ayisithupha.

Amanoveli akhe

• I-Requiem kaBrown. Hay Ukulungiswa kwefilimu Ngo-1998 kudlala uMichael Rooker.
• I-Clandestine
• Umbulali womgwaqo
• Ubusuku ehollywood 
• Igagasi lobugebengu
• Indawo okuyiwa kuyo: indawo yokugcina izidumbu
• Uyahlanya nge-donna

ULloyd Hopkins Trilogy

1. Igazi enyangeni
2. Ngenxa yobusuku
3. Igquma lokuzibulala

I-Quartet yaseLos Angeles

1. IBlack Dahlia. Brian De Palma wayivumelanisa ne-cinema e 2006.
2. Ugwadule olukhulu
3. Imfihlo ye-LA
4. I-jazz emhlophe

I-America Trilogy

1. América
2. Ama-greats ayisithupha
3. Igazi le-Vagrant

Quartet yesibili yaseLos Angeles

1. Perfidy
2. Lesi Sivunguvungu (Kuyeza maduze)