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True Confessions (Classic Noir) (2000)

True Confessions (Classic Noir) (2000)

Mystery Literary Fiction Family Fiction Detective Fiction

John Gregory Dunne

Year: 2000
Authors: John Gregory Dunne
Print type: BOOK

Description:

Loosely based on the "Black Dahlia" case, this novel of Irish-Catholic life in Southern California just after World War II centers on two brothers, Tom and Des Spellacy. Tom is a homicide detective and Des is a priest on the rise within the Church. The investigation of an unidentified murder victim whose bisected body is found in a vacant lot in the shadow of the Los Angeles Coliseum provides the background against which are played the ever changing loyalties of the two brothers.