Amanda Craig

James Ellroy’s latest attempt to unseat the Great American Novel

A review of Perfidia, by James Ellroy. There are big moral questions and grand themes in Ellroy's new crime novel but ultimately it’s all too inflated

Author James Ellroy Photo: Lisa Stafford
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  • Perfidia

    James Ellroy

    Heinemann, pp. 692

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