“A REALITY MORE CHILLING THAN FICTION”: FIRST EDITION OF MY DARK PLACES, SIGNED BY JAMES ELLROY
ELLROY, James. My Dark Places. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. Octavo, original half black cloth, original dust jacket.
First edition of Ellroy’s investigation into his mother’s murder, signed by him.
Crime-writer James Ellroy’s memoir, centered on his mother’s still-unsolved murder when he was ten, “displays a reality more chilling than fiction” (Time). “Ellroy is a haunted man, and more than writer enough to haunt anyone who hears his tale” (Newsweek).
A fine copy.