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1、Ellroy,James-BlackDahlia,TheTHEBLACKDAHLIAbyJamesEllroyFlyleaf:_TheBlackDahlia_isapolicenovelonanepicscale;aclassicperiodpiecethatprovidesastartlingconclusiontoAmerica'smostinfamousunsolvedmurdermystery.Alreadyhailedasamasterpiece,itestablishesJamesEllroyasthiscountry'smostpowerfullivingwriterof_no
2、ir_fiction.OnJanuary15,1947,thetorture-ravishedbodyofabeautifulyoungwomanisfoundinavacantlotinLosAngeles.ThevictimmakesheadlinesastheBlackDahlia,andhermurdersparksthegreatestmanhuntinCaliforniahistory.CaughtupintheinvestigationareBuckyBleichertandLeeBlanchard:WarrantsSquadcops,friends,andadversarie
3、sinlovewiththesamewoman.ButbothareobsessedwiththeDahlia--drivenbydarkneedstoknoweverythingaboutherlife,tocaptureherkiller,topossessthewomanevenindeath.Theirquestwilltakethemonahellishjourneythroughtheunderbellyofpost-warHollywood,tothecoreofthedeadgirl'stwistedlife,pasttheextremesoftheirownpsyches-
4、-intoaregionoftotalmadness.Withtheno-punches-heldstylethathasbecomethetrademarkofaJamesEllroynovel,thisbrilliantandsavagelyoriginalauthorlaunchesthereaderonaroller-coasterridethroughtheviolentworldofthe'40'sL.A.cop.Copyright1987byJamesEllroyAllrightsreserved.TheMysteriousPress,129West56thStreet,New
5、York,N.Y.10019FirstPrinting:September1987ISBN0-89296-206-2ToGenevaHillikerEllroy1915--1958Mother:Twenty-nineYearsLater,ThisValedictioninBloodNowIfoldyoudown,mydrunkard,mynavigator,Myfirstlostkeeper,toloveorlookatlater.--AnneSextonPrologueIneverknewherinlife.Sheexistsformethroughothers,inevidenceoft
6、hewaysherdeathdrovethem.Workingbackward,seekingonlyfacts,Ireconstructedherasasadlittlegirlandawhore,atbestacould-have-been---atagthatmightequallyapplytome.IwishIcouldhavegrantedherananonymousend,relegatedhertoafewtersewordsonahomicidedick'ssummaryreport,carbontothecoroner'soffice,morepaperworktotak
7、ehertopotter'sfield.Theonlythingwrongwiththewishisthatshewouldn'thavewanteditthatway.Asbrutalasthefactswere,shewouldhavewantedallofthemknown.AndsinceIoweheragreatdealandamtheonlyonewhodoesknowtheentirestory