James Ellroy: Grand Master

James Ellroy at the Dancehouse Thatre, Manchester

Craig McDonald has written a piece ‘In Praise of James Ellroy’ for Crimespree to celebrate the great man’s sixty-seventh birthday today and the news that he will be made a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America this year. Happy birthday James Ellroy.

‘Don’t nod out, Hesh. You don’t get a show like this every day.’ American Tabloid