Ellroy Reads – Portrait in Smoke by Bill S. Ballinger

For the latest episode of Ellroy Reads I look at Portrait in Smoke by Bill S. Ballinger, which Ellroy has described as the ‘ultimate evil woman novel’. I talk a little bit about how Krassy Almauniski is one of the all-time great femme fatale characters, and why the bestselling author Bill S. Ballinger is largely forgotten today.

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