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...FICTION JANUARY The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis (Swift Press/Knopf)The author of American Psycho blurs fact and fiction in his new novel about a serial killer set in early 1980s Los Angeles....
...Its hero, East, is 16 and a lookout at a Los Angeles drug house....
...All Involved, by Ryan Gattis, Picador, RRP£12.99/Ecco, RRP$27 For six days in 1992, Los Angeles rioted, the police retreated and the city’s gangs ran wild....
...In this lyrical account of two great voyages (from Felixstowe to Los Angeles, and Antwerp to Montreal) Clare captures that sense of wonder, while painting an intimate portrait of an industry we all depend...
...Walk along Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills on a weekday lunchtime and you just may come across what is, for Los Angeles, a comparatively rare sight....
...As a former investment banker, Augar tells the story of the disaster in the financial markets. What really happened at Northern Rock, Royal Bank of Scotland et al? This gives you a clearer idea....
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