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Author | James Ellroy |
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Language | English |
Series | Lloyd Hopkins Trilogy |
Genre | crime fiction |
Publisher | The Mysterious Press |
Publication date | March 1984 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (hardcover & paperback), audio cassette and audio CD |
Pages | 263 pp (first edition, hardcover) |
ISBN | 0-89296-069-8 (first edition, hardcover) |
OCLC | 10685673 |
813/.54 19 | |
LC Class | PS3555.L6274 B55 1984 |
Preceded by | Clandestine (1982) |
Followed by | Because the Night (1984) |
Blood on the Moon (1984) is a crime novel by James Ellroy,[1] initially published in the US by The Mysterious Press, with the first UK edition being published by Allison and Busby.[2] Blood on the Moon is the first installment of Ellroy's Lloyd Hopkins Trilogy. It was followed by Because the Night (1984) and Suicide Hill (1985). Although the novels are written in multiple perspectives and narrated omnisciently, the main character in all three is Lloyd Hopkins. Ellroy has stated that Blood on the Moon is his only novel that he is embarrassed by. [3]