Description
A first edition, first printing of My Dark Places by James Ellroy, published by Century Books, London in 1996. A near fine book signed by the author in black ink to the title page, some slight browning to the text block. In a near fine unclipped wrapper with some minor pushing to extremities.
My Dark Places by James Ellroy is a haunting memoir blending true crime and personal narrative. The book delves into the 1958 murder of Ellroy’s mother, a case that went unsolved for decades. Obsessed with the crime, Ellroy recounts his troubled youth, marked by addiction and criminal behaviour and his later quest to investigate her death. The memoir is a raw exploration of loss, guilt and the dark impulses that shaped Ellroy’s life and work.
