num_pages: 183
description: 
  Middle-aged San Francisco horror writer Franz Westen is rediscovering ordinary life following a long alcoholic binge. Then one day, peering at his apartment window from atop a nearby hill, he sees a pale brown thing lean out his window…and wave.This encounter sends Westen on a quest through ancient books and modern streets, for the dark forces and paramental entities that thrive amidst the towering skyscrapers of modern urban life…and meanwhile, the entities are also looking for him.A pioneering work of modern urban fantasy, Our Lady of Darkness is perhaps Fritz Leiber’s greatest novel.

language: English
title: Our Lady of Darkness
titlecomplete: Our Lady of Darkness
characters: Franz Westen
genres: Paranormal, Ghosts, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Novels, Dark Fantasy, Supernatural, Horror, Fiction, Science Fiction
ratings_count: 2206
places: San Francisco, California
awards: awardedAt: 252489600000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Fantasy Novel, awardedAt: 252489600000
name: World Fantasy Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 252489600000
name: Ditmar Award
category: Best International Long Fiction, awardedAt: 252489600000
name: Gandalf Award, awardedAt: 252489600000
name: British Fantasy Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Ace