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Country United States Originally published 1978 Adaptations Angel Heart (1987) | 3.9/5 Goodreads 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(Text) CC BY-SA