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Falling Angel

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Country
  
United States

Originally published
  
1978

Adaptations
  
3.9/5
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Language
  
English

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Genres
  
Thriller, Detective fiction

Nominations
  
Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American Author

Similar
  
William Hjortsberg books, Thriller books

Falling Angel is a 1978 horror novel by William Hjortsberg. Written in a hardboiled detective style with supernatural themes, it was adapted into the 1987 film Angel Heart.

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Plot summary

Johnny Favorite, a popular crooner before and during the Second World War, has not been seen or heard of since he was critically wounded during a 1943 Luftwaffe raid on Allied forces in Tunisia. In 1959, private investigator Harry Angel is hired to locate him on behalf of a mysterious client who calls himself Louis Cyphre. During his investigation, Angel finds himself enmeshed in a disturbing occult milieu.

Film adaptation

The book was adapted into a 1987 mystery-thriller film entitled Angel Heart, starring Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, and Lisa Bonet.

References

Falling Angel Wikipedia


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