Destination: Morgue! (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Lee Earle Ellroy
- First Published: 2004
- Type of Work: Essays and short fiction
- Time of Work: From the 1950's to 2004
- Setting: Los Angeles
- Principal Characters: James Ellroy, Lee Ellroy, Stephanie Gorman, “Rhino” Rick Jensen, Donna Donahue
- Genres: Nonfiction, Short fiction, Essays
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Crime or criminals, Murder or homicide, Police, Twentieth century, Authors or writers, Los Angeles, Novelists, Women
- Locales: Los Angeles, CA
Although marketed as an original work, James Ellroy's Destination: Morgue! consists of fourteen short works, eleven of which were published in the magazine Gentlemen's Quarterly, where Ellroy was formerly a writer-at-large. The three previously unpublished pieces in Destination: Morgue! are novellas about a homicide detective, “Rhino” Rick Jensen and his lover, a famous television star. In short, they amount to a hard-hitting journey through the underside of Los Angeles and are best taken in small doses.
Justly celebrated for the style and subject matter...
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