True Confessions (Classic Noir) (2000)
True Confessions (Classic Noir) is a 2000 brothers, fiction book written by John Gregory Dunne.
Loosely based on the "Black Dahlia" case, this novel of Irish-Catholic life in Southern California just after World War II centers on two brothers, Tom and Des Spellacy. Tom is a homicide detective and Des is a priest on the rise within the Church. The investigation of an unidentified murder victim whose bisected body is found in a vacant lot in the shadow of the Los Angeles Coliseum provides the background against which are played the ever changing loyalties of the two brothers.
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What is True Confessions (Classic Noir) about?
Loosely based on the "Black Dahlia" case, this novel of Irish-Catholic life in Southern California just after World War II centers on two brothers, Tom and Des Spellacy. Tom is a homicide detective and Des is a priest on the rise within the Church. The investigation of an unidentified murder victim whose bisected body is found in a vacant lot in the shadow of the Los Angeles Coliseum provides the background against which are played the ever changing loyalties of the two brothers.
When was True Confessions (Classic Noir) published?
True Confessions (Classic Noir) was published in 2000.
Who made True Confessions (Classic Noir)?
True Confessions (Classic Noir) was written by John Gregory Dunne.
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