UJames ellroy, the Inja enolaka yenoveli yobugebengu eNyakatho Melika, uneminyaka engama-72 namuhla. Ngakho-ke sekukhona abambalwa ngoMashi abakhonkotha ngemibhalo yabo yobusathane. Indaba yami yothando / yokuqaqamba kwenhliziyo ngalokhu okuhle yafinyelela emvuthwandaba ngonyaka odlule lapho Ngaba nenhlanhla yokuhlangana naye futhi ungibeke ebucayini bezinqola zayo ezibukhali nezinqola. Ngivele ngatshela lapha. Kepha namuhla, ukugubha usuku lokuzalwa kwakhe, sengikwenzile ukuhlaselwa kwemishwana yamanoveli akhe, engiwakhombise ngaphezu kokuwakhomba, ngawadwebela futhi ngawathambisa. Makube nabanye abambalwa, Mnu. Ellroy.
UJames Ellroy - Ukukhethwa Kwemisho
I-Clandestine (1982)
- Isikhathi nendawo kungiphoqelela. (…) Namuhla namuhla futhi ngeke kuphinde kube khona.
- Ukhiye wesimangaliso watholakala ekufeni. Ngangivele ngibulele, kabili, futhi lokho kwakungishintshile. Kepha ukhiye wawungekhona ekufeni, kodwa ekutholeni lokho okuholele kukho.
Ngenxa yobusuku (1984)
- Inhloso yami kulokhu kuphila akwenzi "lutho" kahle kakhulu. Iphutha lami kwaba ukuthi ngangikuthanda ukukwenza ngezimoto ezebiwe.
- Ubusuku buzonqotshwa; kuphela labo abangaphezu kwemithetho yayo abangathola impango futhi basinde.
Igazi enyangeni (1984)
- Wayengazwani namuntu futhi engenandaba. Wayengesona isilima, hhayi umgijimi, hhayi indodana yenondindwa. Wayengesona nesizungu, wayehlukile nje.
Igquma lokuzibulala (1985)
- Ngempawu, uSergeant Hopkins, "iphoyisa elinenkani" elithembisiwe kanye no-epicurean njengoba echaza yena, ulandele izifiso zakhe ezinobudlova kanye nezifiso zocansi ngentshiseko ye-sociopath yangempela.
Umbulali womgwaqo (1986)
- Ngokuthatha impilo yabo, ngahlangana nabo ezikhathini ezimnandi kakhulu zokuphila kwabo.
- Ngadonsa imbazo yami yensimbi eyakhiwe ngoTeflon ngomphetho oqinisekisiwe ngamshaya ngayo entanyeni ngayo. Ikhanda lahlukaniswa kahle esiqwini negazi laphalaza emgodini; izingalo nemilenze yakhe kudlikizekile, kwathi umzimba wonke waquleka phansi. Amandla okushaywa angijikelezisa, futhi okwesikhashana umbono wami wahlanganisa sonke isigcawu: izindonga ezichaphazeke ngegazi, isidumbu sikhipha igiza elisemgodini entanyeni, ngenkathi inhliziyo iqhubeka nokushaya ngokungacabangi.
IBlack Dahlia (1987)
- Kunabantu abangakwazi ukuphendula ngokwanele ekuhlonipheni.
- Ngazizwa nginovalo oluphindwe kayishumi kunalolo engake ngaba nalo eringini, hhayi ngoba iziyaluyalu zazisivala nxazonke. Ngangesaba, ngoba empeleni abantu abalungile kwakungabantu ababi.
Ugwadule olukhulu (1988)
- Ngiyajabula ukuba nawe kuyingozi. Kuyaduduza.
- Konke kwehlela emalini, okuyinhlangano ejwayelekile elingana konke.
Imfihlo yaseLos Angeles (1990)
- Amaphoyisa ahlangabezana nezilingo ezifanayo nezabantu abavamile, kepha kwakudingeka abambe imizwa yabo ngezinga elikhulu ukuze asebenze njengezibonelo zokuziphatha emphakathini owandiswa kakhulu yithonya elikhulayo lobukhomanisi, ubugebengu, inkululeko, kanye nokuziphendulela kokuziphatha.
- 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.
I-jazz emhlophe (1992)
- Ukuvalelisa kwakhe: sibahle kakhulu ukuthi singalahlekelwa.
- Nawe uyalunguza, mfana. Uhlangane nokuthambekela kwakho okumnyama futhi manje ujabulela injabulo yokuba yisibukeli nje.
América (1995)
- Awungeke ulahlekelwe yilokho ongakaze ube nakho.
Amakhona ami amnyama (1996)
- Wayengekho ngaphezulu noma ngaphansi kosindiso lwami.
- Abafileyo bangabaphilayo abababanga ngokweqile.
Perfidy (2014)
- Umlando uthinta abantu kanye nezizwe. Umlando uba ngesikweletu esikhulu esikhokhelwa abantu abajwayelekile egazini.
- Wayethanda amadoda futhi wahlanya ngesifiso esasicindezelwe. Lokho kwangiholela ekuzilolongeni ngokulandelana ngabadlali be-jazz abangathembekile. Ubulili kwakungeyona into engangiyicabanga. Kwakuwukungezwani, iphunga, kanye nemifelandawonye engahambi kahle ye-prosaic. Kwakuyisambulo esimnandi nesibuhlungu, futhi wonke amathemba ami afezeka.