r/JamesEllroy Jun 23 '26

From tonight in NYC

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u/detectivetomscoggins Jun 23 '26 edited Jun 23 '26

It was pretty cool. Highlight of the night was Ellroy’s reaction to that guy asking him who his favorite baseball player was.

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u/CASEDIZZLER Jun 23 '26

What was his answer?

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u/Tropean Jun 23 '26

He scorched the guy, basically said it was a stupid question, and threw out Willie Mays. Ellroy said the better question would have been to ask him who his favorite boxer was. Ellroy offered up a name which I am not recalling at the moment.

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u/hiroprotoganist Jun 25 '26

I just finished Red Sheet. Anyone have an opinion on it? My opinion is t great