Steven Powell, a true believer and fellow fan of the Demon Dog of Crime Fiction, has been reading and writing about Ellroy for years.  His terrific new authorized biography, Love Me Fierce in Danger: The Life of James Ellroy, is a study of the man and the American mythology he has both satirized and sustained.  I interviewed Steven on the New Books Network and we had such a good time talking about Ellroy that we decided to have another conversation. In this episode of Pages and Frames, we talk about Ellroy’s 1990 novel L. A. Confidential and Curtis Hanson’s 1997 adaptation.  

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