The Hilliker Curse

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The Hilliker Curse: My Pursuit of Women

First edition cover
Author	James Ellroy
Language	English
Subject	Autobiography, relations with women, family relationships, mothers, death, psychological aspect
Publisher	Knopf
Publication date	September 7, 2010
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardback & paperback) and audio CD, audiobook, audible audio edition, Amazon Kindle
Pages	203
ISBN	978-0-307-59350-4
OCLC	491896235
Dewey Decimal	813/.54 B
LC Class	PS3555.L6274 Z46 2010

The Hilliker Curse: My Pursuit of Women is a work of memoir and autobiography by American author James Ellroy published in 2010.^[1] Ellroy dedicated the memoir "To Erika Schickel." The epigraph for The Hilliker Curse: My Pursuit of Women is "I will take Fate by the throat. —Ludwig van Beethoven." The unabridged audiobook version is narrated by Ellroy himself.

The Hilliker Curse: My Pursuit of Women chronicles Ellroy's childhood, his confession of guilt over wishing his mother - Geneva Odelia (née Hilliker) Ellroy - dead, his wild teen life, love affairs, marriages, and finally, his finding of an extraordinary woman whom Ellroy refers to as "Her." It is a narrative of emotion, insight, sexuality, and spiritual quest.

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