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[books] The Hilliker Curse: My Pursuit of Women by James Ellroy Reviewed‘This is not really a book about women, or any sort of physical or emotional connection at all, whether love or sex. It’s a book about obsession. Between the relentless crowing about how “brilliantly” he performs at this reading and what a “sales smasheroo” that book is, you sense a lonely and baffled man, repeatedly floored by anxiety, hypochondria and a still-raw response to a long-ago violent loss – none of which are likely to be solved simply by demanding that women line up to love him. Does Ellroy himself know this about himself? Can he see what we see?’

The Hilliker Curse: My Pursuit of Women by James Ellroy Reviewed

This entry was posted on Monday, September 13th, 2010 at 12:01 am and is filed under Books, James Ellroy.

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