https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jan/15/top-10-books-about-trouble-in-los-angeles-steph-cha

Novelist Steph Cha chooses books that reflect the tensions and flashpoints of her diverse, uncontainable home town

The literature of Los Angeles is inextricable from the tradition of noir – from Raymond Chandler to Walter Mosley and Michael Connelly, the writers of this city have gravitated towards grit and darkness, turmoil and crime. I was born and raised in LA, and I am fiercely loyal to my home town. I love its depth and its sprawl, the neighbourhoods and communities that give it its diverse, uncontainable character. But it’s not all sunshine and harmony – LA is home to almost four million people, and inevitably people clash.

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