LAPD '53

James Ellroy, the undisputed master of crime writing, has teamed up with the Los Angeles Police Museum to present a stunning text on 1953 LA. While combing the museums photo archives, Ellroy discovered that the year featured a wide array of stark and unusual imag eryand he has written 25,000 words that illuminate the crimes and law enforcement of the era. Ellroy o ffers context and layers on wild and rich atmospherethis is the cauldron that was police work in the city of the tarnished angels more than six decades ago. Mo re than 80 d...[Read more]