Perfidia (Ellroy novel)
First edition cover | |
| Author | James Ellroy |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Jacket design by Chip Kidd |
| Language | English |
| Series | The Second L.A. Quartet |
| Genre | Crime fiction, noir, historical fiction, historical romance |
| Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf, William Heinemann Ltd/Cornerstone (Waterstones's edition) |
Publication date | September 9, 2014, September 11, 2014 (Waterstones's edition) |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback and paperback), audio CD, audio download, and Kindle |
| Pages | 720 pp (first edition, hardcover) |
| ISBN | 978-0-307-95699-6 (first edition, hardcover), ISBN 978-0-434-02052-2 (Waterstones's edition, hardcover), ISBN 978-0385-35321-2 (eBook) |
| OCLC | 866615100 |
| 813'/.54—dc23 | |
| LC Class | PS3555.L6274P47 2014 |
| Followed by | This Storm |
Perfidia is a historical romance and crime fiction novel by American author James Ellroy. Published in 2014, it is the first novel in the second L.A. Quartet, referring to his four prior novels from the first L.A. Quartet. Perfidia was released September 9, 2014. A Waterstones exclusive limited edition of Perfidia was released September 11, 2014, and includes an essay by Ellroy himself titled "Ellroy's History – Then and Now." The title, Perfidia, is Italian for the word perfidy, (see also perfidia) and is also the name of the big band song, Perfidia.