Author | James Ellroy |
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Cover artist | Cover design by
Chip Kidd Cover images: Los Angeles Times Collection, Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Subject | True crime |
Genre | Short stories, novellas, crime fiction |
Publisher | Vintage Books |
Publication date | September 28, 2004 |
Media type | Print (paperback) |
Pages | 389 pp (first edition, trade paperback) |
ISBN | 1-4000-3287-3 (first edition, trade paperback) |
OCLC | 56415854 |
813/.54 22 | |
LC Class | PS3555.L6274 D47 2004 |
Destination: Morgue! L.A. Tales is a 2004 collection of 12 short works by American crime fiction writer James Ellroy. [1] Eight of the pieces are non-fiction crime reportage or essays that Ellroy originally wrote for GQ magazine, some of which are autobiographical (see also his memoir My Dark Places). [2] Also included are three new novellas ("Hollywood Fuck Pad", "Hot-Prowl Rape-O", and "Jungle Jihad") and one short story previously published in GQ ("The Trouble I Cause"). Earlier GQ pieces by Ellroy can be found in the 1999 collection Crime Wave. [3]