tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post3125264575167349380..comments2024-03-17T12:16:42.048-07:00Comments on Civic Center: James Ellroy and the Underworld U.S.A. TrilogyCivic Centerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-1048666950553336252009-11-04T18:02:26.059-08:002009-11-04T18:02:26.059-08:00..yikes... "Littell" should have a doubl.....yikes... "Littell" should have a double "t" I think.... guess I shouldn't be grousing about about editorial sloppiness...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11786129269915946281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-69943730320434707222009-11-04T17:37:23.288-08:002009-11-04T17:37:23.288-08:00..did anyone notice that in Norman Rush's revi.....did anyone notice that in Norman Rush's review of Blood's a Rover in The New York Review of Books (issue of Oct. 22) he referred to "Lloyd Litell" as one of the three main characters in American Tabloid?....the correction to "Ward" appears in the web version of the article....sheesh...are they getting sloppy at the NYRB?...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11786129269915946281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-14210168314304882782009-10-22T08:57:13.793-07:002009-10-22T08:57:13.793-07:00sfmike - thanks for introducing me to Ellroy a few...sfmike - thanks for introducing me to Ellroy a few years ago - when I saw he was back in town for Litquake, I wondered if you would make the trek...Kimo Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03222128377841956801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-62462314661888467522009-10-22T07:47:58.975-07:002009-10-22T07:47:58.975-07:00Yikes -- and I thought Nixonland was heavy ...Yikes -- and I thought <i>Nixonland</i> was heavy ...janinsanfranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07548452260456734928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-79750739890390764932009-10-20T21:59:21.646-07:002009-10-20T21:59:21.646-07:00Maybe, but not for a while!Maybe, but not for a while!Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-14756308831462105122009-10-20T21:48:30.781-07:002009-10-20T21:48:30.781-07:00Dear Lisa: It's definitely time you started on...Dear Lisa: It's definitely time you started on "American Tabloid." They really are ambitious books, and change the way you look at history and present-day corruption, which is just a continuation of the same old story.Civic Centerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-35095781694191604242009-10-20T21:35:31.374-07:002009-10-20T21:35:31.374-07:00I've read L.A. Confidential and seen the film ...I've read <i>L.A. Confidential</i> and seen the film a couple of times each; they're pretty great. I just read <i>White Jazz</i> a couple of weeks ago and it was like seeing a performance of <i>Salome</i>. It made me want to go wash.Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.com