Perfidia (Ellroy novel)

Perfidia
First edition cover
AuthorJames Ellroy
Cover artistJacket design by Chip Kidd
LanguageEnglish
SeriesThe Second L.A. Quartet
GenreCrime fiction, noir, historical fiction, historical romance
PublisherAlfred A. Knopf, William Heinemann Ltd/Cornerstone (Waterstones's edition)
Publication date
September 9, 2014, September 11, 2014 (Waterstones's edition)
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback and paperback), audio CD, audio download, and Kindle
Pages720 pp (first edition, hardcover)
ISBN978-0-307-95699-6 (first edition, hardcover), ISBN 978-0-434-02052-2 (Waterstones's edition, hardcover), ISBN 978-0385-35321-2 (eBook)
OCLC866615100
813'/.54—dc23
LC ClassPS3555.L6274P47 2014
Followed byThis Storm 

Perfidia is a historical romance[1] and crime fiction novel by American author James Ellroy. Published in 2014, it is the first novel in the second L.A. Quartet,[2] referring to his four prior novels from the first L.A. Quartet. Perfidia was released September 9, 2014. A Waterstones exclusive limited edition of Perfidia was released September 11, 2014, and includes an essay by Ellroy himself titled "Ellroy's History – Then and Now."[3] The title, Perfidia, is Italian for the word perfidy, (see also perfidia) and is also the name of the big band song, Perfidia.[4][5]

  1. ^ "James Ellroy: Perfidia: A Novel". Vimeo. September 26, 2014. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
  2. ^ Hooper, Mark (September 8, 2014). "James Ellroy's American Tabloid: will it ever make it to the big screen?". The Guardian. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
  3. ^ "Perfidia by James Ellroy". www.waterstones.com. Retrieved September 10, 2014.
  4. ^ Ellroy, James (August 8, 2014). "James Ellroy introduces Perfidia". YouTube. Waterstones. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
  5. ^ "Spanish Perfidy". Google. July 21, 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2019.