The Black Dahlia
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The Black Dahlia is a neo-noir crime novel by James Ellroy, inspired by the real-life 1947 murder of Elizabeth Short and centered on two LAPD detectives drawn into the dark underbelly of postwar Los Angeles.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Black Dahlia canonical | 3 |
| The Black Dahlia universe | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American novel
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crime novel ⓘ neo-noir novel ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| author | James Ellroy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | murder of Elizabeth Short NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | generally positive ⓘ |
| featuresOrganization | Los Angeles Police Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationDirector | Brian De Palma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationScreenwriter | Josh Friedman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Big Nowhere NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
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historical fiction ⓘ neo-noir ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | The Black Dahlia (2006 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-0-89296-206-8 ⓘ |
| influenced | subsequent neo-noir crime fiction about Los Angeles ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Black Dahlia murder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | neo-noir ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | staccato prose ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Dwight "Bucky" Bleichert
NERFINISHED
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Kay Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ Lee Blanchard NERFINISHED ⓘ Madeleine Sprague NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePointOfView | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dark, stylized depiction of 1940s Los Angeles
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fictionalized treatment of an unsolved real-life murder case ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 350 pages ⓘ |
| partOf | James Ellroy bibliography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | first novel in the L.A. Quartet ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1987 ⓘ |
| publisher | The Mysterious Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| series | L.A. Quartet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | post–World War II era ⓘ |
| setInPlace |
California
NERFINISHED
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Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInYear | 1947 ⓘ |
| settingContext | postwar Los Angeles underworld ⓘ |
| theme |
media sensationalism
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moral ambiguity ⓘ obsession ⓘ police corruption ⓘ violence against women ⓘ |
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The Black Dahlia universe