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Black Wings Has My Angel Audiobook
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She had the face of a madonna—and a heart of dollar bills…
Black Wings Has My Angel is the dreamlike tale of a man after a jailbreak who meets up with the woman of his dreams—and his nightmares. A phenomenal work of the period and a legend among noir buffs, Chaze’s pulp classic is back in print for the first time in more than half a century.
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"There's a lot to live up to when you settle on a title as badass as this. But it delivers. One of the most beautifully written crime novels I've read."
— Matt (4 out of 5 stars)
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“An astonishingly well-written literary novel that just happened to be about (or roundabout) a crime.”
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“The protagonist, ex-convict Tim Sunblade, is a quintessential antihero, an unrepentant bastard who executes a daring armed-car robbery in Colorado with the help of a call girl, Virginia, whom he picked up in a backwoods Mississippi motel. The details of the crime and its aftermath are vividly described, and the love-hate relationship between Sunblade and the woman and the demons in both that lead to their downfall are masterpieces of dark-side character development.”
— Bill Pronzini, Mystery File
Black Wings Has My Angel Listener Reviews
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" Classic noir. Quick read. Less than $3.00 for Kindle. "
— Kimberly, 7/15/2013 -
" Soon to be made into a movie starring Tom Hiddleston and Anna Paquin. I'm interested to see how that goes. "
— Stef, 6/12/2013 -
" This has been called "The definitive Gold Medal paperback original". Soon to be made into a film produced by Elijah Wood. "
— Jeff, 7/29/2012 -
" I enjoyed the book though I found the unfamiliar style difficult to get to grips with. Hopefully this will translate well in the upcoming film adaptation. The edition of the book I read is 230 pages long and published by Bruin Books. "
— Nia, 11/7/2011 -
" While not exceptionally written, its ending still had me thinking about it long after I finished. "
— Maw, 10/9/2011 -
" Almost a 5 - a particularly deep and complex noir classic. "
— Paul, 11/17/2010
About Elliott Chaze
Elliott Chaze (1915–1990) was an old-school newspaper man who began his journalism career with the New Orleans bureau of the Associated Press shortly before Pearl Harbor, worked for a time for AP’s Denver office after paratrooper service in WWII, and then migrated south to Mississippi where he spent twenty years as a reporter and award-winning columnist. He is the author of several novels.
About Malcolm Hillgartner
Malcolm Hillgartner is an accomplished actor, writer, and musician. Named an AudioFile Best Voice of 2013 and the recipient of several Earphones Awards, he has narrated over 250 audiobooks.