FALLING ANGEL by William Hjortsberg, introduction by James Crumley, foreword by Ridley Scott. Lakewood, CO; Millipede Press; 2006. 1st HC edition thus. A spellbinding novel of murder, mystery, and the occult, in Falling Angel a tough New York private eye is pitted 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 - a world in which the shadow he chases seems to be the shadow he casts. "A terrific bookSI've never read anything remotely like it. Trying to imagine what might have happened if Raymond Chandler had written The Exorcist is as close as I can come. I'll be glancing over my shoulder for Johnny Favorite for a long time to come." < Stephen King "This Chandleresque private eye novel may well be the finest American horror novel of the 20th century." < Karl Edward Wagner Special features of this edition: New introductory essay by James Crumley, renowned noir writer. New afterword and a bonus short story by William Hjortsberg. New design with entirely reset text, with a sewn binding. The hardcover is signed by William Hjortsberg & is limited to 300 copies. Fine in fine dj. |