Word: dark
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sort of Raymond Chandler of the 90s, with a prose accordingly jacked up and acidified to match these less enchanted times, Ellroy is one of the most respected crime writers today to sling out stories ripped from the underside of American history. His heroes and villains crawl through dark worlds of dirty secrets but secrets which are paradoxically laid bare to a piercing, raking intellect. The subtext of the scandal sheet is that nothing is secret; everything can be known...
What is shocking this time around is the juxtaposition of reportage and fiction, creating a creepy sense of disjuncture in the collection. Ellroy has never been one to be bashful. One can read his memoir My Dark Places to get the full story on how he whored, drank and drugged most of his youth away. He readily talks about his heady days of breaking into houses on the other side of the track to sniff rich women's panties. Candor is not a surprise to anyone familiar with his work...
Charlie's offers divine clam chowder in a bread bowl and other essential, if pricey, Yankee fare. Seafood lovers will delight in their more adventurous dishes like the surprisingly good lobster quesadilla, and landubbers can dig into several decent pasta dishes as well. Good-old-boy memorabilia dot the dark wood walls and makes the place feel like a final club. For a more laid-back atmosphere and the same high-end menu, sit in the saloon downstairs...
Hogan says Charlie's tries to evoke an old-style jazz club with its dark lighting and smoky rooms...
...recent Monday night at Charlie's Tap Jazz Club in Central Square, notes of Miles Davis filtered through the dark club onto the street. In the middle of a smoky haze, the keyboardist sweated, the saxaphonist swayed and the drummer bobbed his head in time with the music...