num_pages: 302
description: A spellbinding novel of murder, mystery, and the occult, Falling Angel pits a tough New York private eye against the most fearsome adversary a detective ever faced. For Harry Angel, a routine missing-persons case soon turns into a fiendish nightmare of voodoo and black magic, of dizzying peril and violent death. Many people feel that Falling Angel is the greatest American supernatural horror novel of the 20th century.With a new foreword by Ridley Scott, an introduction by the late James Crumley, and a new afterword by the author and a bonus short story, plus a letter from Stephen King, the first time that the letter has ever been published in its complete form.The hardcover edition is limited to just 300 copies and is signed by William Hjortsberg. Bound in cloth with a dustjacket with the original Stanislaw Zagorski wraparound dustjacket printed against a black background with spot varnish.
language: English
title: Falling Angel
titlecomplete: Falling Angel
characters: Epiphany Proudfoot, Harry Angel, Louis Cyphre
genres: Thriller, Detective, Crime, Horror, Noir, Fantasy, Mystery, Mystery Thriller, Supernatural, Fiction
ratings_count: 4920
places: New York City, New York
series: Harry Angel
awards: awardedAt: 284025600000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best First Novel
publisher: Centipede Press