The Hilliker Curse: My Pursuit of Women by James Ellroy - 2010-09-07

First edition gorgeous shape -biography copyright 2010 James Ellroy -published by Alfred a Knopf -deckle edges -buff colored pages- small red dot on bottom of book possibly a remainder mark. Otherwise this book is near new.-Layered narrative of time and place, emotion and insight, sexuality and spiritual quest- brutally candid memoir—as high intensity and as riveting as any of his novels—about his obsessive search for "atonement in women." -1958. Jean Hilliker had divorced her fast-buck hustler husband - resurrected her maiden name. Her son, James, was ten years old. He hated and lusted after his mother 0 "summoned her dead." She was murdered three months later. The Hilliker Curse is a predator's confession, a treatise on guilt0 the power of malediction- a cri de cœur. James Ellroy unsparingly describes his shattered childhood- delinquent teens- writing life- his love affairs / marriages,-nervous breakdown- beginning of a relationship - extraordinary woman who may just be the long-sought "Her"- the one. - see pictures maybe this will do it maybe it won't. you'll know by looking at the pictures, I try to note all defects-informed buying decision... At least you know what you're getting into Expedited Shipping available-..Ruth Reaser..LAX Vespa shipped through United States Post to fulfill your order, Los Angeles I carefully pack your book,hop on my Vespa visit the PO to have it placed in our mail system.. your books wrapped,not co-mingled,you get the copy you were viewing. -- The Hilliker Curse: My Pursuit of Women Author James Ellroy Publisher Alfred A. Knopf, 2010 ISBN 0307593509, 9780307593504 Length 203 pages Subjects Biography & Autobiography ' Literary Biography & Autobiography / Literary Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs- Ruth Reaser-Los Angeles- LAX Vespa--BMK 44 fba rt 3689