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L.A. Confidential

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L.A. Confidential	comment	A 1990 novel by James Ellroy, making up the third, and by far the longest installment of his LA Quartet series. Spanning nearly the entirety of the 1950s, this crime epic follows the investigations of three L.A.P.D. officers as they gradually unravel a dense, intricate web of criminal conspiracies, connecting murder to drugs to pornography to showbusiness to police corruption.Bud White is a tenacious, brutal cop with a soft spot for women and a cruel streak toward woman-beaters. Jack Vincennes is an underachiever who coaches actors to play cops, haunted by a shooting from his past. Edmund Exley is a political climber and an idealist, desperate to escape his father's shadow as a legendary detective himself. The three of them, each following different cases, gradually uncover a sprawling conspiracy in the criminal underbelly of Los Angeles.A film adaptation was released in 1997, though the sprawling novel was significantly condensed and altered. Two separate attempts at series followed, in 2003 and 2018, but neither pilot was picked up.
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L.A. Confidential / int_11a74598	type	Became Their Own Antithesis
L.A. Confidential / int_11a74598	comment	Became Their Own Antithesis: Ed Exley undergoes this arc as he slowly turns from being a By The Book Hero Worshiper The Fettered Cop into being a Cowboy Cop and Manipulative Bastard halfway between Bud White and Dudley Smith. Ironically, it's because he does become utterly devoted to his belief in justice.
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L.A. Confidential / int_15395adc	type	The Mistress
L.A. Confidential / int_15395adc	comment	The Mistress: Exley makes her this in the book and it feeds into her resentment of him as a lover.
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L.A. Confidential / int_15b09af9	type	Heelâ€“Face Door-Slam
L.A. Confidential / int_15b09af9	comment	Heel–Face Door-Slam: Jack Vincennes finally starts to redeem himself for his past as he works the Nite Owl case with Exley and White. Then he's shot in the face during a gunfight near the end of the novel, and that's that.
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L.A. Confidential / int_24008c2c	type	Sword over Head
L.A. Confidential / int_24008c2c	comment	Sword over Head: Exley finally tracks down David Mertens, the Frankenstein killer responsible for numerous gruesome deaths including children, and has him at gunpoint. He finds Mertens to be a confused, incoherent mess of a human being, and spares him. He tosses Mertens his antipsychotic pills, and the killer gratefully takes his meds.
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L.A. Confidential / int_27ab0123	type	Offing the Offspring
L.A. Confidential / int_27ab0123	comment	Offing the Offspring: Raymond Dieterling covered up one of his sons' involvement in the Frankenstein murder by offering up another son, who he hated. He conspired with Preston Exley to murder the innocent boy, and later covered it up as a mountaineering accident.
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L.A. Confidential / int_2c1f1138	type	He Who Fights Monsters
L.A. Confidential / int_2c1f1138	comment	He Who Fights Monsters: Bud White, who loathes and targets men who beat women, ends up beating Lynn Bracken after he finds out she slept with Exley. This happens in the film too, but his immediate My God, What Have I Done? reaction was exclusive to the adaptation. In the novel, Bud hits Lynn three times, and only stops "when he sees he won't break her".
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L.A. Confidential / int_2d4fa515	type	Ax-Crazy
L.A. Confidential / int_2d4fa515	comment	Ax-Crazy: The Frankenstein killer. Both of them.
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L.A. Confidential / int_2dc0d2bf	type	Hidden Depths
L.A. Confidential / int_2dc0d2bf	comment	Hidden Depths: Exley is stunned reading White's file on The Nite Owl killing — he had previously thought White nothing more than a brainless brute, but White's file shows genuine insight and comes incredibly close to figuring out the whole situation. Exley is a little condescending about it (he considers the file an example of a limited man striving against those limitations), but he's genuinely impressed.
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L.A. Confidential / int_2f36d97	type	Older Than They Look
L.A. Confidential / int_2f36d97	comment	Older Than They Look: Exley is described as looking 45 at the age of 36, owing to his long hours and stressful career.
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L.A. Confidential / int_317629db	type	Embarrassing Nickname
L.A. Confidential / int_317629db	comment	Embarrassing Nickname: Unlike his film counterpart, who gets the slick nickname "Hollywood" Jack Vincennes, in the novel, Vincennes is largely referred to as "Trashcan," due to his literally shoving a perp into one.
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L.A. Confidential / int_376d3b4c	type	Silver Spoon Troublemaker
L.A. Confidential / int_376d3b4c	comment	Silver Spoon Troublemaker: One of the people responsible for a series of gruesome child murders and dismemberments is revealed to be the illegitimate son of Raymond Dieterling, an incredibly wealthy animation mogul.
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L.A. Confidential / int_382a6399	type	The Hero Dies
L.A. Confidential / int_382a6399	comment	The Hero Dies: Buzz Meeks from The Big Nowhere and Jack Vincennes both die before the end of the book.
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L.A. Confidential / int_3ae6199a	type	Psychopathic Manchild
L.A. Confidential / int_3ae6199a	comment	Psychopathic Manchild: David Mertens, a.k.a. Douglas Borchard, a.k.a. Douglas Dieterling, the second Frankenstein killer. Suffering from a severe mental illness that seems to involve brain inflammation, Mertens descends into an incoherent, violent state if he misses his regular dosage of antipsychotic drugs. His father Raymond Dieterling has Mertens supervised by a "handler" who keeps him medicated so he can function, working a menial job on one of Dieterling's film sets.
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L.A. Confidential / int_3d920e33	type	Mr. Alt Disney
L.A. Confidential / int_3d920e33	comment	Mr. Alt Disney: Raymond Dieterling, who is the creator of beloved children's cartoons starring a character named "Moochie Mouse", and plans to open an ambitious theme park.
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L.A. Confidential / int_4523420b	comment	Love Dodecahedron: Bud White and Edmund Exley simultaneously compete for the affections of both Lynn Bracken and Inez Soto.
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L.A. Confidential / int_46ec76fb	type	Working the Same Case
L.A. Confidential / int_46ec76fb	comment	Working the Same Case: White spends years investigating the rape and murder of Kathy Janeway and several subsequent murders he believes fit the M.O. He eventually comes to suspect that the killer may be connected to the Nite Owl massacre, which has just been reopened and is being reinvestigated by Exley and Vincennes.
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L.A. Confidential / int_479d4e5a	comment	Would Hurt a Child: The Frankenstein murderer, as well as a serial rapist/murderer who becomes a target of Bud White's personal manhunt after killing his fourteen-year-old witness.
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L.A. Confidential / int_4cb7f0d8	type	Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome
L.A. Confidential / int_4cb7f0d8	comment	Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome: Buzz Meeks, the last man standing from 'The Big Nowhere', is abruptly bumped off by Dudley Smith in the prologue chapter.
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L.A. Confidential / int_504a1991	comment	Body Horror: The Frankenstein killing that made Preston Exley's career. The killer abducted and murdered children, dismembered them, and put the body parts together to create his "ideal child". For the perfect face, he decapitated a child actor known as "Wee Willie Wennerholm".
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L.A. Confidential / int_50f66629	comment	Crazy-Prepared: In the prologue, the gunfight between Buzz Meeks and the posse sets the motel on fire. Dudley Smith calmly walks through the flames, wearing a fireman's greatcoat.
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L.A. Confidential / int_661d7909	type	Maligned Mixed Marriage
L.A. Confidential / int_661d7909	comment	Maligned Mixed Marriage: Ed Exley has a long affair with Inez Soto, who he meets during an investigation. He never marries her, because it's the 1950s, and marrying a Mexican woman would hurt his police career.
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L.A. Confidential / int_72cdfc33	type	Big Bad Ensemble
L.A. Confidential / int_72cdfc33	comment	Big Bad Ensemble: Captain Dudley Smith, the new ringleader of various criminal dealings in Los Angeles since Mickey Cohen's absence, and the mastermind of the Nite Owl killings. Deuce Perkins, one of the real Nite Owl shooters, who's also a serial rapist and murderer hunted by Bud White. Raymond Dieterling, a showbusiness giant who covered up his illegitimate son's involvement in the serial murder of children. Preston Exley, a construction magnate and former cop who entered a conspiracy with Dieterling. David Mertens, the aforementioned illegitimate son and child killer. Pierce Patchett, a purveyor of drugs, pornography, prostitution and blackmail with connections to nearly every other major player in the novel's various conspiracies.
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L.A. Confidential / int_868409c	type	Broken Pedestal
L.A. Confidential / int_868409c	comment	Broken Pedestal: Ed Exley learns that his father Preston, a legendary cop, actually botched the "Doctor Frankenstein" case that made his name and let one of the killers escape justice, and later murdered an innocent boy he was misled to believe was the second killer. At the end of the novel, Exley proclaims that he will seek justice for his father's crimes. Preston commits suicide as a result. Richard Stensland was already a Broken Pedestal for Bud White well before the events of the novel. White feels that he owes a debt to "Stens" for mentoring him as a rookie, and believes that he used to be an admirable police officer. However, despite his loyalty, even White recognizes that Stensland has gone off the rails with his drinking and general poor conduct. Inez Soto, who grew up with Raymond Dieterling's cartoons, befriended him and Preston Exley after Edmund put her in touch with them. After she learns the extent of both men's crime and corruption, she joins them as the third member of an apparent suicide pact. Played With in the case of Jack Vincennes and his much younger wife Karen. During their courtship, Jack woos Karen by playing up his charm and getting her to admire him as a heroic policeman, while keeping secret his general corruption and the two wrongful civilian deaths on his head. After a time skip, Karen has come to see through Jack's act on her own and recognized him for the flawed and corrupt individual he is, leaving their marriage seemingly on the outs. Near the end of the novel, a drugged and delirious Jack finally confesses to everything bad he's ever done, including the dead civilians, but Karen forgives him for all of it, seeming to appreciate his honesty.
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L.A. Confidential / int_8767b1f3	type	Black-and-Gray Morality
L.A. Confidential / int_8767b1f3	comment	Black-and-Gray Morality: Once again, Ellroy's protagonists are barely more than a lesser evil compared to those around them. Bud White is redeemable by his soft spot for women and his earnest hatred of abusers, but he's still a corrupt and brutal cop who cares more about taking care of his even more corrupt friends than actually upholding the law. He also turns himself into something of a Hypocrite when he beats Lynn Bracken. Jack Vincennes killed two innocent civilians while intoxicated during a shootout, an incident which was suppressed, and his involvement in the main case is a result of him hunting down the blackmail file implicating him in this shooting. He essentially falls backwards into the Nite Owl investigation while trying to cover his own ass. Edmund Exley is an idealist who genuinely wants to uphold "absolute justice", but he's also an ice-cold opportunist and a pragmatist. He earned a Distinguished Service Cross in the Pacific when he stumbled across a platoon of dead Japanese soldiers, shot up the corpses with a machine gun, and staged it to look like he had killed them single-handedly.
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L.A. Confidential / int_95b7c400	type	Faux Affably Evil
L.A. Confidential / int_95b7c400	comment	Faux Affably Evil: Dudley Smith, naturally. Pierce Patchett as well, who presents a perfectly reasonable and friendly face while being open about some of his criminal exploits, but as more is revealed about him, the more disturbing he becomes.
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L.A. Confidential / int_9a1d239e	type	Been There, Shaped History
L.A. Confidential / int_9a1d239e	comment	Been There, Shaped History: The case investigated by the lead detectives ends up directly involving real-life gangster Mickey Cohen and his enforcer Johnny Stompanato as supporting players. Johnny Stompanato's infamous death at the hands of Lana Turner's teenage daughter even comes into play, eliminating him as the final known accomplice to the Nite Owl killings. It's strongly hinted that this killing was somehow set up by Dudley Smith.
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L.A. Confidential / int_a70223	type	Karma Houdini
L.A. Confidential / int_a70223	comment	Karma Houdini: Dudley Smith, the corrupt and murderous police captain who escaped justice already in 'The Big Nowhere', pulls the same trick again, getting off scott free as the mastermind of the Nite Owl Killings after his accomplices are all killed. The novel ends with Ed Exley promising Bud White he'll bring Smith to justice.
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L.A. Confidential / int_ad9fbc1e	type	Pyrrhic Victory
L.A. Confidential / int_ad9fbc1e	comment	Pyrrhic Victory: Ed Exley at the end of the novel.
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L.A. Confidential / int_bff666b	comment	Suicide Pact: Preston Exley, Raymond Dieterling, and Inez Soto all overdose on antipsychotic drugs, in the middle of Dieterling's amusement park, once Exley and Dieterling's conspiracy connected to the Frankenstein murders is uncovered.
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L.A. Confidential / int_c3585f4a	type	Boom, Headshot!
L.A. Confidential / int_c3585f4a	comment	Boom, Headshot!: Jack Vincennes gets ignobly killed off midway through the third act by a shot to the face, JUST as he's started to redeem himself.
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L.A. Confidential / int_c5385ad9	type	Horrible Judge of Character
L.A. Confidential / int_c5385ad9	comment	Horrible Judge of Character: Bud White, Lynn, and Inez Soto all believe that Exley is a moral coward hiding behind his daddy's money. Everyone who knows him is genuinely stunned that he is fully prepared to burn his entire career, family, and loved ones to the ground for absolute justice.
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L.A. Confidential / int_c6e5d575	comment	Ret Irony: After confessing all of his sins to Karen, and being forgiven, and knowing that his career with the LAPD is basically at an end, Jack Vincennes joins Exley and White for One Last Job in an effort to take down Dudley. Karen leaves him a note telling him she knows the worst and doesn't care, and suggests a second honeymoon somewhere tropical, and also suggests that he can get a police chief job somewhere if he still wants to be in law enforcement. Jack is so giddy over the news that goes out on his job wearing a Hawaiian shirt to assist Exley and White. It is indeed one last job, as Jack gets randomly killed by a stray bullet in a gun battle. We later find out that Karen was so pissed over Jack's death and his treatment by the LAPD that she allowed no LAPD men to attend his funeral, and refused an audience with Exley.
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L.A. Confidential / int_d52d28b6	comment	Bud White is redeemable by his soft spot for women and his earnest hatred of abusers, but he's still a corrupt and brutal cop who cares more about taking care of his even more corrupt friends than actually upholding the law. He also turns himself into something of a Hypocrite when he beats Lynn Bracken.
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L.A. Confidential / int_dbca2c99	type	Red Herring
L.A. Confidential / int_dbca2c99	comment	Red Herring: Physical evidence leads White to identify Spade Cooley as the prostitute killer he's been tracking for years. Instead, the killer is revealed to be Cooley's bandmate and road manager, Deuce Perkins. The red herring is particularly enticing if the reader knows that in real life, Cooley went to prison for murdering his wife only a few years after the events of the novel.
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L.A. Confidential / int_e3b0cd87	type	Morality Pet
L.A. Confidential / int_e3b0cd87	comment	Morality Pet: Vincennes' wife Karen serves as this to an extent, as he initially tries to maintain his best behavior around her. His relationship to Karen also serves to exacerbate his guilt over the two innocent civilians he killed. Subverted by Inez Soto, rape victim of the Nite Owl suspects, who initially seems to serve this role for Bud White in particular. However, Inez is out for blood, and weaponizes both White and Exley's feelings for her to push one of them to kill her rapists. It's Exley who eventually does so.
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L.A. Confidential / int_e8b295de	comment	Played With in the case of Jack Vincennes and his much younger wife Karen. During their courtship, Jack woos Karen by playing up his charm and getting her to admire him as a heroic policeman, while keeping secret his general corruption and the two wrongful civilian deaths on his head. After a time skip, Karen has come to see through Jack's act on her own and recognized him for the flawed and corrupt individual he is, leaving their marriage seemingly on the outs. Near the end of the novel, a drugged and delirious Jack finally confesses to everything bad he's ever done, including the dead civilians, but Karen forgives him for all of it, seeming to appreciate his honesty.
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L.A. Confidential / int_eb8f64a6	comment	No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Russ Millard, a key supporting character in "The Black Dahlia," returns in this novel, and is largely aligned with Exley. Fearing for the safety of the Nite Owl Suspects, advises Exley he's got them stashed for safekeeping. They escape, and the aftermath causes him so much guilt and shame that he has a fatal heart attack. Buzz Meeks attempts to strike at Dudley Smith and Mickey Cohen gets him killed in the opening chapter of the book.
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L.A. Confidential / int_f88f2449	comment	Downer Beginning: A corrupt cop loses a shootout with some other corrupt cops, and learns that the leader of the corrupt cops is a senior officer in the Los Angeles Police Department.
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L.A. Confidential / int_ff7f34c5	type	Pet the Dog
L.A. Confidential / int_ff7f34c5	comment	Pet the Dog: Ruthless crime boss Mickey Cohen adopts a bulldog during his prison stint, which he names "Mickey Cohen, Jr." and smothers with affection. He does literally Kick the Dog later, but only after Mickey Jr. has passed away and been encased in a golden coffin, so it hardly counts.
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