Dick Contino's Blues And Other Stories
Author: Ellroy, James
ISBN: 9780099410119
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 10 Nov 1995
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback / softback
James Ellroys epochal first collection of short fiction
Dick Contino - 50s accordian player, a star in the making, is destroyed by a draft-dodging scandal. His life is on the skids until he comes up with the idea of resurrecting his career with a fake kidnapping scam.
meanwhile a serial killer is on the loose in Los Angeles...a killer who is closer to Contino than he suspects - a killer who wants in on the kidnap - for real...
Plus five previously unpublished short stories.
ISBN: 9780099410119
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 10 Nov 1995
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback / softback
James Ellroys epochal first collection of short fiction
Dick Contino - 50s accordian player, a star in the making, is destroyed by a draft-dodging scandal. His life is on the skids until he comes up with the idea of resurrecting his career with a fake kidnapping scam.
meanwhile a serial killer is on the loose in Los Angeles...a killer who is closer to Contino than he suspects - a killer who wants in on the kidnap - for real...
Plus five previously unpublished short stories.
