Archive for James Ellroy

The Duel

Posted in The Duel with tags , on November 9, 2024 by Jarrod Boyle

The End

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‘Perfect purity is possible if you turn your life into a line of poetry written with a splash of blood.’

– Yukio Mishima.

You imagine certain things when you see a beach like this.

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S.E. Hinton: Rumble Fish versus The Outsiders

Posted in Observation, Reading with tags , , , , , , , , , , , on February 27, 2014 by Jarrod Boyle

Hinton in 1968, the year 'The Outsiders' was published. Smart, hot and pigtails.

Hinton in 1968, the year ‘The Outsiders’ was published. Smart, hot and pigtails.

“Raymond Chandler wrote about the man he wanted to be. Dashiell Hammet wrote about the man he was frightened he’d become.”

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