This Storm A novel
This Storm by James Ellroy is a reprint edition published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group on May 26, 2020. Spanning 704 pages, this novel is set in January 1942, during a tumultuous period in Los Angeles following the shock of Pearl Harbor. The narrative begins with the rounding up of local Japanese residents and the city grappling with massive thunderstorms. A body discovered in Griffith Park signals deeper chaos, leading to a series of events involving a gold heist, treason, and the rise of various factions, including homegrown Nazis and race racketeers.
Readers will encounter a cast of complex characters, including Elmer Jackson, a corrupt Vice cop; Hideo Ashida, a crime-lab expert facing anti-Japanese sentiment; and Dudley Smith, a rogue police officer entangled in Army Intelligence. Joan Conville, a defrocked Navy lieutenant and war profiteer, adds to the intricate web of relationships and conflicts. This Storm delves into themes of wartime madness and the diverse, often chaotic lives of Americans during this era, presenting a vivid portrayal of a city in turmoil.
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January ’42. L.A. reels behind the shock of Pearl Harbor. Local Japanese residents are rounded up and slammed behind bars. Massive thunderstorms hit the city.
A body is unearthed in Griffith Park. The cops tag it a routine dead-man job. They’re wrong. It’s an early-warning signal of Chaos.
There’s a murderous fire and a gold heist. There’s Fifth Column treason on American soil. There are homegrown Nazis, Commies, and race racketeers. It’s populism ascendant. There’s two dead cops in a dive off the jazz-club strip. And three men and one woman have a hot date with history.
Elmer Jackson is a corrupt Vice cop. He’s a flesh peddler and a bagman for the L.A. Chief of Police. Hideo Ashida is a crime-lab whiz, lashed by anti-Japanese rage. Dudley Smith is PD hardnose working Army Intelligence. He’s gone rogue and gone all-the-way fascist. Joan Conville was born rogue. She’s a defrocked Navy lieutenant and a war profiteer to her core.
L.A. ’42. Homefront madness. Wartime inferno–This Storm is James Ellroy’s most audacious novel yet. It is by turns savage, tender, elegiac. It lays bare and celebrates crazed Americans of all stripes. It is a masterpiece.
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