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The Black Dahlia
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The Black Dahlia Mass market paperbound - 1988

by James Ellroy


About this book

The Black Dahlia is a roman noir on an epic scale: a classic period piece that provides a startling conclusion to America's most infamous unsolved murder mystery--the murder of the beautiful young woman known as The Black Dahlia. The novel fuses the real-life murder of Elizabeth Short with the fictional story of two police officers investigating the crime. Ellroy was born in Los Angeles in 1948, the year after Short was found murdered, and Ellroy’s own mother was murdered when he was 10 years old - the killer never found. Black Dahlia was adapted into a film in 2006 starring Josh Hartnett, Scarlett Johansson, Aaron Eckhart, and Hillary Swank.

From the publisher

The murder of a beautiful young woman in 1947 Los Angeles sparks a great investigation in which Bucky Bleichert, Lee Blanchard, L.A.P.D. Warrants Squad cops, ex-boxers, friends, and adversaries become obsessed by the case.

First Edition Identification

The first edition of Black Dahlia was published by Mysterious Press, New York, in 1987. The first edition copyright page states  "First Printing: September 1987" along a full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. The original dust jacket has a price stamp of $16.95 

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  • Title The Black Dahlia
  • Author James Ellroy
  • Binding Mass Market Paperbound
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 358
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Mysterious Press, New York
  • Date 1988
  • ISBN 9780445405257 / 0445405252
  • Weight 0.42 lbs (0.19 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.72 x 4.17 x 1.08 in (17.07 x 10.59 x 2.74 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 00000000
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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