JAMES ELLROY: BROWN'S REQUIEM, THE LIMITED EDITION
SUMMARY:Ellroy's literary debut. This somewhat autobiographical novel features ex-cop turned P.I. Fritz Brown, a (somewhat) reformed alcoholic hired by a deranged golf caddy to follow his knock-out, cello-playing sister.
POINTS:The novel was first published in paperback by Avon (ISBN: 0-380-78741-5) in 1981. The first hardback edition edition published appeared in the U.K. from Allison & Busby and is extremely collectible. This special limited edition of Ellroy's first novel was published by The Armchair Detective Library in 1994 (ISBN: 1-56287-068-8). The limited edition was published in burgundy hardcovers with a matching burgundy slipcase. There were 100 signed and numbered editions, and 26 signed and lettered copies. Ellroy supplied a new introduction for this first hardcover American edition of his first novel. There was also a trade version (pictured below) published in a dust jacket bearing the same illustration of Ellroy and facsimile of his full signature as pictured here. (Trade edition ISBN: 1-56287-067-X).
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