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The 1947 murder
of a 22 year old
girl named Elizabeth
Short has haunted
Los Angeles like
no other, for its
sheer cruelty, its
sado-sexual extremity
and for its unsolved
mystery.
The Black Dahlia
is James Ellroy's
fever dream of the
investigation following
the torture killing
of Elizabeth Short,
an aspiring starlet,
in post-war Los
Angeles.
The victim becomes
the sole obsession
of two LAPD murder
detectives, and
readers will share
their hypnotic,
morbid fascination
with the girl and
her violent death.
This book will stay
with you like a
nightmare that's
too real to forget.
Though lurid and
not entirely true
down to every detail,
its power is undeniable
A film based on
Ellroy's novel,
directed by Brian
DePalma and starring
Mia Kirschner (as
Elizabeth), Josh
Hartnett, Rose McGowan,
Scarlett Johansson,
Hilary Swank and
Aaron Eckhart is
due for release
this year.
To touch upon the
tragic death of
the Black Dahlia
is to reach the
ultimate depths
of true evil.
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