For fans of the poisonous flower Ellroy is a shock ... We knew that Mad Dog had embroidered on the myth (especially combining the tragedy of his own mother made various real-) but then to be offer such an explanation ... The attraction of this book lies in its power of anti-literary character (that is at best a kind of diary but a verbal trial investigation) and especially in the family settling. Imagine that you discover that your father is a serial killer ... Criticized by those who do not want to face the truth (all net freaks who think it is Orson Welles or creature of Roswell has slain Elizabeth Short ), Hodel's thesis is particularly frightening that perfectly hold up. Vertiginously exciting!