From Publishers Weekly

Originally published in 1978, Hjortsberg's debut mystery was the basis for the film Angel Heart.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review

"Terrific...One of a kind...I've never read anything remotely like it." --Stephen King

"A near-perfect book...Not since_ Psycho_ changed the bathing habits of thousands has a novelist so completely turned preconceptions inside out." --_Los Angeles Times_

"A compelling, page-turning story in the best private-eye tradition, with brilliantly nightmarish scenes of black magic and voodoo." --_Washington Post_

"A tight, suspenseful story...Not for the timid." --_Miami Herald_
-- Review