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7 de sept. de 2010 · The Hilliker curse traces the life story of a young boy, whose unhealthy sexual fantasies about his seductress, actress mother, takes flight after she is murdered, and he is raised by his dysfunctional father.
1 de sept. de 2006 · 3.25. 918 ratings131 reviews. From “one of the great American writers of our time” (Los Angeles Times Book Review): a raw, explicit memoir as high-intensity and riveting as any of his novels. The year was 1958. James Ellroy was ten years old. His mother, Jean Hilliker, had divorced her fast-buck hustler husband.
The Hilliker curse : my pursuit of women. by. Ellroy, James, 1948-. Publication date. 2011. Topics. Ellroy, James, 1948-, Ellroy, James, 1948- -- Relations with women, Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography, Mothers and sons, Mothers -- Death -- Psychological aspects, Novelists, American, Relations with women. Publisher.
7 de sept. de 2010 · Jean Hilliker had divorced her hustler husband and resurrected her maiden name. Her son, James, was ten years old. In a dark moment, he “summoned her dead.”. Three months later she was murdered. The curse was evoked, and James Ellroy began his unending pursuit of women.
A layered narrative of time and place, emotion and insight, sexuality and spiritual quest, The Hilliker Curse is a brilliant, soul-baring revelation of self.It is unlike any memoir you have...
The Hilliker Curse: My Pursuit of Women is a work of memoir and autobiography by American author James Ellroy published in 2010. [1] Ellroy dedicated the memoir " To Erika Schickel ." The epigraph for The Hilliker Curse: My Pursuit of Women is "I will take Fate by the throat. — Ludwig van Beethoven ."
This is a brilliant and soul-baring revelation of self and is unlike any memoir you have read before. Crime author, Ellroy single-mindedly seeks atonement in women and unsparingly describes his shattered childhood, his delinquent teens, his writing life, his love affairs and marriages.
