| BLOOD ON THE MOON is the third novel of James Ellroy and has been published in 1984.
First book of the Lloyd Hopkins trilogy that established Ellroy as a first class writer, BLOOD ON THE MOON is the story of the encounter between Hopkins and a serial killer who has murdered dozens of young women in the Los Angeles area during a 20 years period. Lloyd Hopkins is so good at analyzing the motivations of the killers researched by the L.A.P.D. that he has been given a great liberty in his work. He has a personal office and can count on Dutch Pelz, a friend and one of the big bosses of the L.A. police. Lloyd soon forgets his wife and his three little girls and spends his whole time trying to figure out the next moves of the "Poet". BLOOD ON THE MOON is fascinating and was one of the first thrillers presenting a psychotic serial killer. A must. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of story - How difficult to spot villain? - Story partially from villain's perspective Time/era of story: Misc. Murder Plotlets - - character killed during/after sexing - What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 70% Special suspect? - chronically deranged person Kind of investigator Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Any non-mystery subplot? Crime Thriller Yes Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes Main Character Gender - Male Profession/status: Age: - 20's-30's Main Adversary Identity: - Male Age: - 20's-30's Profession/status: Motive of antagonist - insanity How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters Setting United States Yes The US: - California City? Yes City: - Los Angeles - dangerous Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey references to deaths/dead bodies and torture Explicit sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - orgies - lesbians! - actual description of sex - descript. of breasts - descript. of other female areas - descript. of male nudity - homosexuals doing their thing - rape (yeech!) Unusual forms of death - poisoning - diced - decapitated - perforation--bullets - perforation--swords/knives Unusual form of death? Yes Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog |
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