The conclusion of the trilogy of Lloyd Hopkins

Three stars is hard! True, Blood on the moon and Because the night is characterized by the fascinating presence of a "nasty" madman and his psychedelic crimes and this is not the case in the suicide Hill (1984), where for long time it happens nothing worse than turning the two banks. This is qu'Ellroy was able to renew its angle of attack, and brilliantly. Two-thirds of the novel, all the elements he has patiently implemented enter themselves in turmoil and the shit hits the fan !, everything goes wrong, it is left as 82 and 83 on the rollercoaster Angeleno of death. Certainly there is Teddy Verplanck neither here nor Dr. John Havilland. The characters are smaller, trivial. Any crime, any death does not leave the sick and brilliant brain of one man at the center of the novel. But it is precisely the strength of this novel whatsoever rather impersonal mechanism that is at work. The blood, evil ricochet in all directions, follow unpredictable paths. Anyone can become almost a murderer, and it is precisely his past catches up with Lloyd Hopkins assassin through the born-again Christian fanatic Gaffaney. There is also no impossible love story for Lloyd, Ellroy got rid of this spring inherited Chandler. The stereotypical figure of the best friend, Dutch Peltz, also disappears. Hill to suicide may be the most rugged of the three Lloyd Hopkins, it is in any case necessary to Ellroy lovers.