Suicide Hill

This article is about the novel. For the mountain in Montana, see Suicide Hill (Montana). For the ski jump in Michigan, see Suicide Hill Ski Jump. For the hill in central Spain, see Battle of Jarama.
Suicide Hill
AuthorJames Ellroy
LanguageEnglish
SeriesLloyd Hopkins Trilogy
GenreNovel, crime fiction
PublisherThe Mysterious Press
Publication date
1986
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint
Pages280 pp
ISBN978-0-89296-235-8 (first edition, hardcover)
OCLC12421070
Preceded byBecause the Night (novel) (1984) 
Followed byKiller on the Road (1986) 

Suicide Hill is a crime fiction novel written by James Ellroy.[1] Released in 1986, it is the third and final installment of the Lloyd Hopkins Trilogy.[2]

In the 1993 documentary James Ellroy: The Demon Dog of American Literature, Ellroy states that Suicide Hill is the Hopkins novel he is the most proud of.[3]


In an October 13, 2017 interview, actor Tom Hanks stated that he would be interested in playing the part of Lloyd Hopkins if a film or stage adaptation was to be put into production.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Kirkus1986 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Dennis Lehane (September 4, 2014). "The Big Sweep - James Ellroy's 'Perfidia'". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  3. ^ James Ellroy, Part 1 Demon Dog Of American Crime Fiction. Retrieved 2024-04-14 – via www.youtube.com.
  4. ^ "Tom Hanks: By the Book". The New York Times. 13 October 2017.