L.A. Confidential.

ELLROY, James.

Item Number: 137412

New York: The Mysterious Press, 1990.

First edition of Ellroy’s neo-noir classic, adapted into the 1997 film of the same name starring Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Kim Basinger, and Danny DeVito. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by James Ellroy on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Stephen Peringer. Jacket design by Paul Gamarello.

The third of novel in Ellroy's L.A. Quartet series, L.A. Confidential follows the story of several Los Angeles Police Department officers in the early 1950s who become embroiled in a mix of sex, corruption and murder following a massacre at the Nite Owl coffee shop. The novel received positive reviews and was adapted into the universally acclaimed 1997 film of the same name, directed and co-written by Curtis Hanson and starring Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, James Cromwell, Kim Basinger, David Strathairn and Danny DeVito. The film was nominated for nine Academy Awards; Kim Basinger won both a Golden Globe and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the film, while Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay.