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James Ellroy: The Big Nowhere (USA 2025) From the Publisher: It's the new year of 1950, and Los Angeles is swept under red crosscurrents: the Communist Scare and a string of brutal killings. Gangsters vie for control of the town and the Hollywood studios are feuding with the unions. When a dead body with its eyes gouged out turns up, three cops get caught in the city's web of ambition, perversion, and deceit. All three men have purchased tickets to a nightmare. James Ellroy: The Big Nowhere. Vintage Books, ISBN: 9798217007905 (August, 2025), 416 p., $18.00.
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James Ellroy: The Big Nowhere (UK 2011) From the Publisher: James Ellroy: The Big Nowhere. Windmill Books, ISBN: 9780099537878 (June, 2011), 476 p., £8.99.
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James Ellroy: The Big Nowhere (UK 2005) From the Publisher: James Ellroy: The Big Nowhere. Arrow, ISBN: 0099366614 (November, 2005), 472 p., £8.99.
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James Ellroy: The Big Nowhere (USA 1998) From the Publisher: Danny Upshaw is a Sheriff's deputy stuck with a bunch of snuffs nobody cares about; they're his chance to make his name as a cop... and to sate his darkest curiosities. Mal Considine is D.A.'s Bureau brass. He's climbing on the Red Scare bandwagon to advance his career and to gain custody of his adopted son, a child he saved from the horror of postwar Europe. Buzz Meeks-bagman, ex-Narco goon, and pimp for Howard Hughes-is fighting communism for the money. All three men have purchased tickets to a nightmare. James Ellroy: The Big Nowhere. Warner Books, ISBN: 0446674370 (May, 1998), 406 p., $13.95.
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James Ellroy: The Big Nowhere (UK 1994) From the Publisher: James Ellroy: The Big Nowhere. Arrow, ISBN: 0099366614 (February 1994), 472 p., £5.99.
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James Ellroy: The Big Nowhere (USA 1989) From the Publisher: The Big Nowhere is the story of three men caught in a massive web of ambition, perversion, and deceit. Danny Upshaw is a Sheriff’s deputy stuck with a bunch of snuffs nobody cares about; they're his chance to make his name as a cop -- and to sate his darkest curiosities. Mal Considine is D.A.'s Bureau brass, climbing on the Red Scare bandwagon to advance his career and to gain custody of his adopted son - a child he saved from the horror of postwar Europe. Buzz Meeks -- bagman, ex-Narco goon, and pimp for Howard Hughes -- is fighting communism for the money. All three have purchased tickets to a nightmare. James Ellroy: The Big Nowhere. Mysterious Press, ISBN: 0445408324 (September, 1989), 406 p., $4.95.
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James Ellroy: The Big Nowhere (USA 1988) From the Publisher: The Big Nowhere is the story of three men caught up in massive web of ambition, perversion and deceit. Danny Upshaw is a Sheriff's deputy stuck with a bunch of snuffs nobody cares about; they're his chance to make his name as a cop -- and to sate his darkest curiosities. Mal Considine is D.A.'s Bureau brass, climbing on the Red Scare bandwagon to advance his career and to gain custody of his adopted son -- a child he saved from the horror of postwar Europe. Buzz Meeks -- bagman, ex-Narco goon and pimp for Howard Hughes -- is fighting Communism for the money. All three have purchased tickets to a nightmare. The Big Nowhere is dark, brutal, tender and powerful; it is a remarkably vivid portrait of a remarkable time and place. With his best-selling The Black Dahlia, James Ellroy established himself as the modern master of noir fiction; The Big Nowhere establishes him as a major American novelist. James Ellroy: The Big Nowhere. The Red Scare. A Crime Novel. Mysterious Press, ISBN: 0892962836 (September, 1988), 406 p., $17.95.
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