Clandestine (novel)

Clandestine
	First edition
Author	James Ellroy
Language	English
Genre	Crime fiction
Publisher	Avon Books
Publication place	United States
ISBN	0-380-81141-3
OCLC	40775390
Preceded by	Brown's Requiem (1981)
Followed by	Blood on the Moon (1984)

Clandestine is a 1982 crime novel by American author James Ellroy.^[1] His second novel (after Brown's Requiem), it was initially published by Avon Books in the US, with the first UK edition being published by Allison and Busby in 1984.^[2] Ellroy dedicated Clandestine, "to Penny Nagler".

The novel is set in 1951,^[3] and the protagonist is ambitious LAPD Officer Fred Underhill, a young cop on the rise, working out of the Wilshire station. He covers the beat with his partner Herbert Lawton "Wacky" Walker, a World War II veteran with a Medal of Honor, a drinking problem, and an obsession with death. Underhill and Walker discover the mutilated and strangled corpse of a young secretary. The trail leads to other murders, new and old, and a beautiful crippled district attorney named Lorna Weinberg.

Several characters from Ellroy's later L.A. Quartet series first appear here, including police lieutenant Dudley Smith, Michael Breuning, and Richard Carlisle.

Clandestine earned Ellroy an Edgar Award nomination from Mystery Writers of America in 1982.^[4]

References

^ Concise Major 21st-Century Writers. Thompson Gale. 2006. ISBN 9781414410487. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
^ "Ellroy, James". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
^ Banville, Vincent (30 January 1999). "Clandestine, by James Ellroy". The Irish Times. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
^ Matthews, Tracey L. (2006). "Ellroy, James 1948–". Concise Major 21st-Century Writers: A Selection of Sketches from Contemporary Authors. Thomson Gale. ISBN 9780787675394.

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[Gale_-_Concise_Major_21st-Century_Writers-1] Concise Major 21st-Century Writers. Thompson Gale. 2006. ISBN 9781414410487. Retrieved 18 May 2012.

[2] "Ellroy, James". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved May 6, 2024.

[The_Irish_Times_-_30_January_1999_-_Clandestine,_by_James_Ellroy-3] Banville, Vincent (30 January 1999). "Clandestine, by James Ellroy". The Irish Times. Retrieved 8 January 2016.

[4] Matthews, Tracey L. (2006). "Ellroy, James 1948–". Concise Major 21st-Century Writers: A Selection of Sketches from Contemporary Authors. Thomson Gale. ISBN 9780787675394.

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v t e Works by James Ellroy
Stand-alone	Brown's Requiem (1981) Clandestine (1982) Killer on the Road (1986) Widespread Panic (2021) The Enchanters (2023)
Lloyd Hopkins Trilogy	Blood on the Moon (1984) Because the Night (1984) Suicide Hill (1986)
L.A. Quartet	The Black Dahlia (1987) The Big Nowhere (1988) L.A. Confidential (1990) White Jazz (1992)
Underworld USA Trilogy	American Tabloid (1995) The Cold Six Thousand (2001) Blood's a Rover (2009)
The L.A. Quintet	Perfidia (2014) This Storm (2019) The Enchanters (2023)
Short story collections	Hollywood Nocturnes (1994) Crime Wave (1999) Destination: Morgue! (2004)
Non-fiction	My Dark Places (1996) The Hilliker Curse: My Pursuit of Women (2010) LAPD '53 (2015)
Original screenplays	Dark Blue (2002) Street Kings (2008) Rampart (2011)
Film adaptations	Cop (1988) L.A. Confidential (1997) Brown's Requiem (1998) The Black Dahlia (2006)
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