L.A. Confidential. Poster of the 2003 movie and cover of the 1990 book
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L.A. Confidential
James Ellroy, 1990
movie vs book
Eric Laneuville, 2003

The story is about several Los Angeles Police Department officers in the early 1950s who become embroiled in a mix of sex, corruption and murder following a massacre at the Nite Owl coffee shop. The story eventually encompasses organized crime, political corruption, heroin trafficking, pornography, prostitution and Hollywood.