Seven articles published in GQ magazine and a new unpublished up this book. James Ellroy, in articles, talks about his life and even there with addresses sensitive issues such as the death penalty or influence of the image in our society. It also analyzes two criminal cases and gives his impressions. On the death penalty here is a brief example which says, "A workaround for the crowds. A concession to the stupid notion that it is better that a case be "close". A hijacked dialogue and phagocytosed by the details of a senseless murder. The institutional catharsis of human sacrifice. "It puts an end to the controversy that had definitely ranked among the supporters of the death penalty. In fact, these articles are a real plea for life or rather the will to live in the jungle of a megalopolis such as Los Angeles and others. The final text of the code is a story entitled: "A baisodrome Hollywood" where Ellroy offers a disenchanted vision, and humorous at the same time, the world of cinema and that of the police, in a style " punch "that has the advantage of not chew the words. Ellroy mind, Ellroy is realistic, each of its vocables sounds like a heartbeat that grows us.
