White Jazz
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White Jazz is a hard-boiled crime novel by James Ellroy that concludes his L.A. Quartet series with a dark, fast-paced portrayal of corruption and violence in 1950s Los Angeles.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime novel
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hard-boiled crime novel ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| author | James Ellroy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| featuresCharacter |
Dudley Smith
NERFINISHED
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Ed Exley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | L.A. Confidential NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
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hardboiled fiction ⓘ noir fiction ⓘ |
| hasMediaType |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| hasSequelRelation | concludes the L.A. Quartet series ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
organized crime in Los Angeles
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police ⓘ urban corruption ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | neo-noir ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | staccato prose ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | David Klein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of corruption in Los Angeles Police Department
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fast-paced fragmented narrative style ⓘ |
| partOf | James Ellroy bibliography ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | fourth novel ⓘ |
| precededBy | L.A. Confidential NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonist | David Klein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1992 ⓘ |
| publisher | Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ |
| series | L.A. Quartet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInFictionalUniverse | James Ellroy L.A. Quartet universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| settingPlace | Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTime | 1950s ⓘ |
| theme |
moral ambiguity
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organized crime ⓘ police corruption ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | postwar era ⓘ |
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