The Big Nowhere by James Ellroy (author of The Black Dahlia and LA Confidential) First Edition First Printing in Very Good Condition - Tight Binding, Clean Pages L. A. Quartet#2 This work is set in 1950s, Los Angeles. The City of Angels has become the city of the Angel of Death. Communist witch-hunts and insanely violent killings are terrorising the community. Three men are plunged into a malestrom of violence and deceit when their lives become inextricably linked as each one confronts his own personal darkness.