• 7 years ago
Readers of Ellroys previous L.A. quartet crime novels will recognize the unsavory Dudley Smith .
Ellroys new novel, Perfidia, takes place in December of 1941, exploring the ripple effects of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, in particular the resulting internement .
Novelist James Ellroy explains the story behind his second LA Quartet and the first book in the series, Perfidia, in this excerpt from Overheard with Evan Smith.
Perfidia means betrayal - Jame Ellroy introduces his new novel, Perfidia and even sings to us a sample of the classic 1940-circa big band tune of the same .

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