Blood on the Moon (novel)

Blood on the Moon
First edition cover
AuthorJames Ellroy
LanguageEnglish
SeriesLloyd Hopkins Trilogy
Genrecrime fiction
PublisherThe Mysterious Press
Publication date
March 1984
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover & paperback), audio cassette and audio CD
Pages263 pp (first edition, hardcover)
ISBN0-89296-069-8 (first edition, hardcover)
OCLC10685673
813/.54 19
LC ClassPS3555.L6274 B55 1984
Preceded byClandestine (1982) 
Followed byBecause 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]

  1. ^ Shapiro, Jonathan (26 January 2015). "January 26, 2015 - A Healthy Serving of Ellroy". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Ellroy, James". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
  3. ^ James Ellroy, Part 1 Demon Dog Of American Crime Fiction. Retrieved 2024-04-14 – via www.youtube.com.