Playbill

October, 1978

Find yourself a nice comfortable high-backed easy chair, away from the windows; tamp a little cavendish into your bowl and pour yourself a snifter of brandy. You'll want to feel snug—and safe—when you read William Hjortsberg's Falling Angel, a murder mystery with a twist of voodoo—plus an ending that'll have you glancing over your shoulder for days. Our story is a condensation of the novel that will soon be published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, and it's illustrated in the best tradition of the...