True confessions
Subtitle: a novel
By: John Gregory Dunne.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Dutton
Published: 1977
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 341
Description: Loosely based on the "Black Dahlia" case, this novel of Irish-Catholic life in Southern California just after World War II centers on two brothers, Tom and Des Spellacy. Tom is a homicide detective and Des is a priest on the rise within the Church. The investigation of an unidentified murder victim whose bisected body is found in a vacant lot in the shadow of the Los Angeles Coliseum provides the background against which are played the ever changing loyalties of the two brothers.
Notes: "A Henry Robbins book."