Ellroy's American Underworld
Nathaniel Rich reviews crime master James Ellroy's latest novel, Blood's A Rover, and explores his weird vision of '60s America.
Ellroy's Favorite Crime Reads
James Ellroy shares with The Daily Beast why these novels of bloody and infamous crimes are his favorites. His new book, Blood's A Rover, is out this week.
by Don DeLillo 480 Pages Penguin $15 "The metaphysical treatise on the assassination of John F. Kennedy, largely seen through the eyes of the ...
A Wicked L.A. Noir
David J. Montgomery is a critic for The Daily Beast and has written about authors and books for many of the country's largest newspapers.
Richard Lange's first book set the bar so high that his sophomore effort had almost no chance of living up to the hype-except that it does, an L.A. Confidential for the 21st century.
The Literary Life
Sara Nelson is a critic for The Daily Beast and the former editor in chief of Publishers Weekly. She is the author of the bestselling So Many Books, So Little Time.
This week, Sara Nelson returns from Book Expo where the Michael Crichton tribute was moving, Lorrie Moore overcame her fear of public speaking, and Craig Ferguson stole the show.
The Literary Life
Sara Nelson is a critic for The Daily Beast and the former editor in chief of Publishers Weekly. She is the author of the bestselling So Many Books, So Little Time.
The Daily Beast's Sara Nelson attends a party at Zadie Smith's New York apartment, selects the most exciting novel of the fall (so far), and makes the case for literary piracy.
Lloyd Grove is editor at large for The Daily Beast. He is also a frequent contributor to New York magazine and was a contributing editor for Condé Nast Portfolio. He wrote a gossip column for the New York Daily News from 2003 to 2006. Prior to that, he wrote the Reliable Source column for the Washington Post, where he spent 23 years covering politics, the media, and other subjects.
Lee Siegel has written about culture and politics and is the author of three books: Falling Upwards: Essays in Defense of the Imagination; Not Remotely Controlled: Notes on Television; and, most recently, Against the Machine: Being Human in the Age of the Electronic Mob. In 2002, he received a National Magazine Award for reviews and criticism.
Peter Beinart, senior political writer for The Daily Beast, is a professor of journalism and political science at City University of New York and a senior fellow at the New America Foundation.
Gerald Posner is The Daily Beast's Chief Investigative Reporter. He's the award-winning author of 10 investigative nonfiction bestsellers, ranging from political assassinations, to Nazi war criminals, to 9/11, to terrorism. His latest book, Miami Babylon: Crime, Wealth and Power—A Dispatch from the Beach, was published in October. He lives in Miami Beach with his wife, the author Trisha Posner.
Martin Jacques is the cofounder of the UK think tank Demos, writes a regular column for The Guardian, and is a visiting research fellow at the London School of Economics Asia Research Centre. His new book, When China Rules the World, is available now.
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