Talking literature (again) I've recently just finished the novel "The Big Nowhere" by James Ellroy , translated as "Le Grand Nulle part" in French. It's without any doubt the greatest Crime Fiction I'

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Talking literature (again) I've recently just finished the novel "The Big Nowhere" by James Ellroy , translated as "Le Grand Nulle part" in French. It's without any doubt the greatest Crime Fiction I've ever read. If you love the « Noir » genre, if you love mystical character seeking redemption and tenderness, if you love Los Angeles and the fifties, then this novel if for you. It has it all, the style, the femme fatale, the « homme fatal » («fatal man », I know it sounds weird), everything is fatal in that novel, even the typography (at least in my edition. I've read it in french). The plot is fantastic and unpredictable, but I don't want to spoil it. I can just say that there's some tears and blood involved. James Ellroy is very fascinating, I've seen some interview of him. The guy has charisma and a great sense of humor. Which is reflected in his work. I think The Big Nowhere is his masterpiece,.I've also read The Black Dahlia of him, and L.A Confidential, and American Tabloids, and they are all good, but The Big Nowhere just have something which make it apart. It's a very magnetic book, it's the compass of Crime Fiction novels.

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Hey, this is very well written! Great job.

My grammar corrections are in yellow. Words that I changed or added to make the sentence flow more naturally are in blue.

Talking literature (again)

I've recently just finished the novel "The Big Nowhere" by James Ellroy , translated as "Le Grand Nulle part" in French. It's without any (a) doubt the greatest Crime Fiction I've ever read. If you love the « Noir » genre, if you love a mystical character seeking redemption and tenderness, if you love Los Angeles and the fifties, then this novel if for you. It has it all: the style, the femme fatale, the « homme fatal » («fatal man », I know it sounds weird), everything is fatal in that novel, even the typography (at least in my edition. I've read it in french). The plot is fantastic and unpredictable, but I don't want to spoil it. I can just say that there's some tears and blood involved. James Ellroy is very fascinating; I've seen some interviews of him. The guy has charisma and a great sense of humor which is reflected in his work. I think "The Big Nowhere" is his masterpiece. I've also read his books "The Black Dahlia", "L.A Confidential", and "American Tabloids", which are all good, but "The Big Nowhere" just has something which sets it apart. It's a very magnetic book and is the compass of Crime Fiction novels.

With book titles, the rules vary. You can either write them in italics, example: The Big Nowhere, or you can write them with quotation marks, which is what I used for the corrections.

I don't really know what you mean by saying that the font is fatal, maybe there is another adjective you could use for that, like "dark" or "foreboding". Fatal means "causing destruction or death" or "fateful".

Also, I'm not really sure what you mean by saying that "The Big Nowhere" is the compass of Crime Fiction novels. Do you meant that is a leader in the genre or that it is an exemplary novel for the genre? If so, write that instead.

Like I said, this is very well written! Keep it up :D

Yes give it a try! It deserve it. Haha, j'ai eu peur pour Proust. Je n'ai jamais lu Zola mais, à priori, je préfère la littérature plus superficielle de Proust (superficielle en apparence seulement). "En tous cas je garderai un œil sur « Le Grand Nulle part »" Yes L.A confidential and The Black Dahlia were books before. As a movie L.A confidential is a good adaption, but The Black Dahlia is a terrible movie. The book is much better.

I didn't realise the "The Black Dahlia" and "LA Confidential" were books before they became movies. I laughed when I read in your piece: the femme fatale, the homme fatal...(in fact)everything is fatal!!! I think I might give that "The Big Nowhere" a go. (= a try). A French crime novel that I liked a lot (the action takes place in the States) is called: "La Vérité sur l'Affaire Harry Quebert" by Joël Dicker But don't read his first book, écrit quand il était bien plus jeune, "Les Dernier jours de nos pères". Il n'est pas si terrible. En tout cas, je tiendra un oeil ouvert (?) pour "Le Grand Nulle Part", René PS. Zola is better than Proust. LOL (je ne fais que plaisanter, là!!!!!!!)

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