![]() But overall I love Los Angeles and love writing about it. ![]() ![]() It can be in certain places and under certain circumstances - and this is where I place Harry Bosch. I do not consider Los Angeles to be hellish. I should point out that this is a fictional conceit. In other words, I was planning to cast my Bosch adrift in a hellish landscape of present-day Los Angeles. I thought this would be the perfect name for my character because I saw the metaphoric possibilities of juxtaposing contemporary Los Angeles with some of the Bosch paintings. There is a “world gone mad” feel to many of his works, including one called Hell - of which a print hangs on the wall over the computer where I write. He was a 15th century painter who created richly detailed landscapes of debauchery and violence and human defilement. ![]() I briefly studied the work of the real Hieronymus Bosch while in college. I wanted all aspects of his character to be meaningful, if possible. Q: Why did you choose the name Hieronymus Bosch for your ongoing series character?Ī: The main reason is that when I approached the creation of this character I didn’t want to waste anything. ![]()
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