It's partly because of bookshelves like these — and their digital equivalents — that publishers have had a positive open to 2014.
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James Ellroy's novels include The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere and, most recently, Perfidia. He lives in Los Angeles, the setting for much of his work.
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