Ángel caído, El

Ángel caído, El

Hjortsberg, William

$640.00 MXN

Sinopsis

William Hjortsberg nació en Nueva York en 1941.
Tras estudiar durante algunos años en el Dartmouth College,
Yale School of Drama y la Universidad de Stanford,
en cuya revista publicó varios relatos, Hjortsberg decide
dedicarse por entero a escribir novelas, guiones de cine
y artículos periodísticos para revistas como Esquire,
New York Times Book Review, y San Francisco Focus
entre otras muchas. Ha escrito varios guiones para el cine,
como «Legend» (1985), dirigida por Ridley Scott y protagonizada
por Tom Cruise, o «El corazón del ángel» (1987) –basada
en su novela «Falling Angel»–, dirigida por Alan Parker
y protagonizada por Mickey Rourke y Robert De Niro.
Entre sus novelas destacan «Gray Matters» (1971),
una ficción científica ambientada en un mundo devastado
por la Tercera Guerra Mundial, y «El ángel caído» (1978),
una historia policiaca de terror traducida a más de doce lenguas.
Harold Angel, un detective buscavidas con oficina en Nueva York
es contratado por un misterioso caballero francés de aspecto
siniestro para localizar a Johnny Favorite, un popular cantante
de fulgurante carrera desaparecido quince años atrás,
después de ser ingresado en un hospital en estado vegetativo.
Angel rastrea el pasado del cantante desaparecido
en busca de una pista sobre su paradero y pronto se verá atrapado
en una trama oprimente y peligrosa en la que el vudú
y los ritos satánicos parecen jugar un papel relevante.
«El ángel caído» se abre como una clásica novela negra
de detectives y se va transformando gradualmente en un relato
de horror sobrenatural de final memorable.
En palabras de Stephen King: «Es como si Raymond Chandler hubiese escrito “El exorcista”».

Editorial:
Valdemar
Año de edición:
2009
Materia
Literatura de terror
ISBN:
978-84-7702-643-3
Páginas:
320
Encuadernación:
Pasta dura
Idioma:
Castellano

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