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Oct 2023
57m 2s

James Ellroy

Team Coco & Earwolf
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Legendary author James Ellroy joins Andy Richter to discuss his “smog-bound fatherland” of Los Angeles, the tragic loss of his mother, his writing process, and his new novel, The Enchanters!

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