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Death Is a Lonely Business by Ray Bradbury (1999, Trade Paperback)

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Death Is a Lonely Business, Paperback by Bradbury, Ray, ISBN 0380789655, ISBN-13 9780380789658, Brand New, Free shipping in the US A streetsmart detective named Elmo Crumley, with the help of a young writer and a reclusive actress, seeks the killer who has left bodies among the dismantled remains of the Venice, California, amusement pier. Reprint.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherHarperCollins

ISBN-100380789655

ISBN-139780380789658

eBay Product ID (ePID)868320

Product Key Features

Book TitleDeath Is a Lonely Business

Number of Pages240 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1999

TopicMystery & Detective / Cozy, Crime, Science Fiction / General, Mystery & Detective / General, Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators

IllustratorYes

GenreFiction

AuthorRay Bradbury

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight7.1 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2004-541507

Dewey Edition19

Dewey Decimal813/.54

SynopsisRay Bradbury, the undisputed Dean of American storytelling, dips his accomplished pen into the cryptic inkwell of noir and creates a stylish and slightly fantastical tale of mayhem and murder set among the shadows and the murky canals of Venice, California, in the early 1950s. Toiling away amid the looming palm trees and decaying bungalows, a struggling young writer (who bears a resemblance to the author) spins fantastic stories from his fertile imagination upon his clacking typewriter. Trying not to miss his girlfriend (away studying in Mexico), the nameless writer steadily crafts his literary effort--until strange things begin happening around him. Starting with a series of peculiar phone calls, the writer then finds clumps of seaweed on his doorstep. But as the incidents escalate, his friends fall victim to a series of mysterious "accidents"--some of them fatal. Aided by Elmo Crumley, a savvy, street-smart detective, and a reclusive actress of yesteryear with an intense hunger for life, the wordsmith sets out to find the connection between the bizarre events, and in doing so, uncovers the truth about his own creative abilities.

LC Classification NumberPS3503.R167D3 1999