L.A. Confidential

L.A. Confidential (1990) is a neo-noir novel by James Ellroy and the third of his L.A. Quartet series. It is dedicated to Mary Doherty Ellroy. The epigraph is "A glory that costs everything and means nothing"—Steve Erickson.

This article is about the James Ellroy novel. For the film, see L.A. Confidential (film). For the book on Lance Armstrong, see L.A. Confidentiel.
L.A. Confidential
First edition cover
AuthorJames Ellroy
Cover artistJacket design by Paul Gamarello
Jacket illustration by Stephen Peringer
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SeriesL.A. Quartet
GenreCrime fiction, noir, historical fiction
PublisherThe Mysterious Press
Publication date
June 1990
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback) and audio cassette
Pages496 pp (first edition, hardcover)
ISBN0-89296-293-3 (first edition, hardcover)
OCLC21041119
813/.54 20
LC ClassPS3555.L6274 L18 1990
Preceded byThe Big Nowhere (1988) 
Followed byWhite Jazz (1992) 
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