Name: White Jazz
Rating: 4.4 (5 reviews)
ISBN: 9782869305922

James Ellroy

White Jazz

In the LAPD of 1958, Lt. Dave Klein is hung out as bait to take the fall for police corruption.

Gillian Rose

I honestly was going to rate this 3 stars for a majority of the book. I didn't like the main character and the case was so-so compared to Black Dahlia and L.A. Confidential. But I loved reading about Exley again and the resolution was incredible.

White jazz

Rowan Myers

** spoiler alert **
           I actually love the way this was written (and I'm aware I'm in a vast minority here). I liked the insight into Klein's head. My internal narrator is usually myself, but for this book, it was a gruff, gravelly Robert Mitchum-esque cat, and the writing forced him into my brain.

I only gave it four stars because I didn't like the ending. I hated Dud going out like that. In my humble reader's opinion, the third act seemed a bit rushed. Like a peeper caught at the window, this book finished far too soon.

White Jazz

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