Crime Wave is a 1999

1999 in literature

The year 1999 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*June 19 - Stephen King is hit by a Dodge van while taking a walk. He spends the next three weeks hospitalized...

 collection of 11 short works of fiction and non-fiction, all originally published in GQ

GQ (magazine)

GQ is a monthly men's magazine focusing on fashion, style, and culture for men, through articles on food, movies, fitness, sex, music, travel, sports, technology, and books...

, by American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 crime fiction

Crime fiction

Crime fiction is the literary genre that fictionalizes crimes, their detection, criminals and their motives. It is usually distinguished from mainstream fiction and other genres such as science fiction or historical fiction, but boundaries can be, and indeed are, blurred...

 writer James Ellroy

James Ellroy

Lee Earle "James" Ellroy is an American crime fiction writer and essayist. Ellroy has become known for a so-called "telegraphic" prose style in his most recent work, wherein he frequently omits connecting words and uses only short, staccato sentences, and in particular for the novels The Black...

. The collection, issued as a paperback original, includes a short story ("Hush-Hush"), two novellas ("Tijuana, Mon Amour" and "Hollywood Shakedown"), and eight pieces of crime reportage, including "Sex, Glitz, and Greed: The Seduction of O. J. Simpson

O. J. Simpson

Orenthal James "O. J." Simpson , nicknamed "The Juice", is a retired American collegiate and professional football player, football broadcaster, and actor...

". More of Ellroy's GQ pieces can be found in the collection Destination: Morgue!

Destination: Morgue!

Destination: Morgue! L.A. Tales is a 2004 collection of 12 short works by American crime fiction writer James Ellroy. Eight of the pieces are non-fiction crime reportage or essays that Ellroy originally wrote for GQ magazine, some of which are autobiographical...

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Contents

• Introduction by Art Cooper, Editor-in-Chief, GQ
• Part One: Unsolved
  • "Body Dumps"
  • "My Mother's Killer"
  • "Glamour Jungle"
• Part Two: Getchell
  • "Hush-Hush"
  • "Tijuana, Mon Amour"
• Part Three: Contino
  • "Out of the Past"
  • "Hollywood Shakedown"
• Part Four: L.A.
  • "Sex, Glitz, and Greed: The Seduction of O. J. Simpson"
  • "The Tooth of Crime"
  • "Bad Boys in Tinseltown"
  • "Let's Twist Again"