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William Hjortsberg (1941-2017) was a American novelist and screenwriter best known for writing the screenplays of the movies Legend and Angel Heart. His most well-known novel is Falling Angel (1978), but he has also written in the science fiction and suspense genres.

William Hjortsberg (1941-2017) was a American novelist and screenwriter best known for writing the screenplays of the movies Legend and Angel Heart.

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 any 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 he 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.

Edition Details

• Limited to 300 copies, each signed by William Hjortsberg.
• Introduction by James Crumley.
• Foreword by Ridley Scott.
• A letter from Stephen King.
• A terrific bonus short story, Sidekick.
• Dustjacket with spot varnish, head and tail bands, three-piece cloth construction.

External Links

• Falling Angel. Centipede Press page for Falling Angel
• William Hjortsberg (ISFDB). ISFDB entry for William Hjortsberg