William Hjortsberg

Houdini

Nevermore (Feb-1996)

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  Gray Matters
  

  • Oct-1971
  • / Science Fiction
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  First there was BRAVE NEW WORLD Then "2001" And now, the mind-blowing novel that reaches into the near future... ...

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  Nevermore
  

  • Feb-1996
  • / Historical Mystery
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  Houdini
  

  Though vaudeville is dying, Houdini still dazzles audiences--and wages war with corrupt mediums. At the same time, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle arrives in America to lecture on the occult, only to face frequent visits from what appears to be the restless s...

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  Falling Angel
  

  • Jul-1996
  • / Horror
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  For New York private investigator Harry Angel, it's just another job for the missing persons file. An enigmatic client wants him to track down famous 40s crooner Johnny Favorite. The problem is, the singer was last seen in a hospital upstate more tha...

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  Odd Corners
  

  • May-2004
  • / Literary
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  Symbiography
  

  • Mar-2012
  • / Science Fiction
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  In postapocalyptic America, a solitary man crafts the world’s latest form of escapism: dreams For eighty-five years, Par Sondak has crafted dreams. Each night he retires, probes attached to his sleeping body, and builds magnificent worlds for th...

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  Maana
  

  • May-2015
  • / Thriller
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  William Hjortsberg, author of the acclaimed occult thriller "Falling Angel," the basis for the hit film "Angel Heart," takes readers on a mind-bending ride through Mexico after the Summer of Love, when an American hippie’s life is upended by a gang...

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  Manana
  

  • May-2015
  • / Mystery
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  The life of an American hippie in Mexico is upended by a gang of ex-cons in this thriller full of “wild surprises” (Carl Hiaasen). All Tod remembers when he wakes up next to a dead prostitute is that he had his first shot of heroin the night befo...

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  Angel's Inferno
  

  • Nov-2020
  • / Thriller
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  A 1950s amnesiac and hard-boiled detective sets out for revenge in this blend of mystery, supernatural horror, and metaphysical fiction. Private investigator Harry Angel is in a jam. Handcuffed in his apartment along with the cops and a corpse, he st...

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  Toro! Toro! Toro!
  

  • / General Fiction
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