Fools’ Gold by Dolores Hitchens, reviewed for Ellroy Reads

In the latest episode of Ellroy Reads I discuss James Ellroy’s admiration for Dolores Hitchens’ classic heist gone wrong novel Fools’ Gold, and the iconic film adaptation Band of Outsiders directed by Jean-Luc Godard. I also give some behind the scenes anecdotes about being Ellroy’s biographer, and how I stumbled across Ellroy’s love for this novel and film some years ago.

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