James Ellroy
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James Ellroy (born Lee Earle Ellroy; March 4, 1948) is an American novelist and essayist.
Ellroy has become known for a so-called "telegraphic" prose style, whereby he frequently omits connecting words and uses only short, staccato sentences.
For instance:
They sent him to Dallas to kill a nigger pimp named Wendell Durfee. He wasn't sure he could do it. The Casino Operators Council flew him. They supplied first-class fare. They tapped their slush fund. They greased him. They fed him six cold.
Other hallmarks of his work include dense plotting and a relentlessly pessimistic—albeit conservatively moral—worldview.
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