William Hjortsberg (1941–2017)
Autore di Angel heart: ascensore per l'inferno
Sull'Autore
William Reinhold Hjortsberg was born in New York City on February 23, 1941. He received a degree in English from Dartmouth College and studied at Yale University and Stanford University. His first novel, Alp, was published in 1969. His other novels included Gray Matters, Symbiography, Toro! Toro! mostra altro Toro!, Nevermore, and Mañana. His novel, Falling Angel, was adapted into the movie Angel Heart. He wrote a biography of Richard Brautigan entitled Jubilee Hitchhiker. He also wrote screenplays for the B-movie king Roger Corman and Ridley Scott's movie Legend. He died on April 22, 2017 at the age of 76. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Opere di William Hjortsberg
Nevermore 2 copie
Falling Angel [short story] 1 copia
Tales & Fables 1 copia
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Hjortsberg, William
- Data di nascita
- 1941
- Data di morte
- 2017-04-22
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- New York, New York, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- New York, New York, USA
London, England, UK
Montana, USA
Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
Palo Alto, California, USA
New Haven, Connecticut, USA - Istruzione
- Dartmouth College
Yale School of Drama
Stanford University - Attività lavorative
- author
screenwriter - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Wallage Stegner Creative Writing Fellowship (1967)
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship (1976)
Playboy Editorial Award, Best New Contributor (1971)
Playboy Editorial Award, Best Major Work, (1978)
Utenti
Recensioni
Liste
1970s Thrillers (1)
Premi e riconoscimenti
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 19
- Utenti
- 1,846
- Popolarità
- #13,939
- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 54
- ISBN
- 105
- Lingue
- 15
- Preferito da
- 2
I won't go into details here because, unfortunately, both book and movie suffer from what I call Sixth Sense Syndrome - once seen/read (and if you have seen the movie before reading the book - like I have - you made the greatest offense :)) you need to fully forget it to enjoy it again (and since it is truly interesting story I bet you wont forget it that easily :)).
Our main hero, PI Harry Angelo, gets hired by a mysterious figure to find even more mysterious singer who is thought to be dead for decade. Task starts relatively routinely but soon Harry starst to see weird behavior and patterns with people he meets and questions. Soon he will find himself throwin into the unknown [and rather dark] world of voodoo and other rather darkish Southern/Caribbean religions and people beliefs. Final revelation will hit him like a sledge hammer.
Written in the best manner of noir detective books, story flows very fast and reader gets glued to the pages 'til the very end. Harry is pretty street-wise (although he gets into decent amount of predicaments) and quite a smart mouth so dialogues do get very interesting (not that the other sides in conversation dont have quips and remarks of their own). I especially enjoyed conversations Harry has with his employer.
Highly recommended.… (altro)