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![]() | Death Is a Lonely Business (1985) (The first book in the Crumley Mysteries series) A novel by Ray Bradbury |
Ray 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.
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.
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Hardback Editions
October 1999 : Library Binding
| Title: Death is a Lonely Business Author(s): Ray Bradbury ISBN: 0-613-17166-7 / 978-0-613-17166-3 (USA edition) Publisher: San Val Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
1990 : Hardback
| Title: Death Is a Lonely Business Author(s): Ray Bradbury Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc Availability: Amazon More details... |
July 1986 : Hardback
| Title: Death Is a Lonely Business Author(s): Ray Bradbury ISBN: 0-89621-721-3 / 978-0-89621-721-8 (USA edition) Publisher: Thorndike Pr Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
April 1986 : Hardback
| Title: Death Is a Lonely Business Author(s): Ray Bradbury ISBN: 0-246-12830-5 / 978-0-246-12830-0 (UK edition) Publisher: Grafton Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
October 1985 : Hardback
| Title: Death is a Lonely Business Author(s): Ray Bradbury ISBN: 0-394-54702-0 / 978-0-394-54702-2 (USA edition) Publisher: Knopf Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
March 1999 : Paperback
| Title: Death Is a Lonely Business Author(s): Ray Bradbury ISBN: 0-380-78965-5 / 978-0-380-78965-8 (USA edition) Publisher: Harper Perennial Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 1992 : Paperback
| Title: DEATH IS A LONELY BUSINESS Author(s): Ray Bradbury Publisher: NY: Bantam Books Availability: Amazon More details... |
January 1992 : Paperback
| Title: Death Is a Lonely Business Author(s): Ray Bradbury ISBN: 0-553-35462-0 / 978-0-553-35462-1 (USA edition) Publisher: Bantam Dell Pub Group (Trd) Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 1988 : Paperback
| Title: Death Is a Lonely Business Author(s): Ray Bradbury ISBN: 0-586-06877-5 / 978-0-586-06877-9 (UK edition) Publisher: Grafton Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
February 1987 : Mass Market Paperback
| Title: Death Is a Lonely Business Author(s): Ray Bradbury ISBN: 0-553-26447-8 / 978-0-553-26447-0 (USA edition) Publisher: Bantam Books (Mm) Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 1985 : Paperback
| Title: Death Is a Lonely Business. Author(s): Ray. Bradbury Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Availability: Amazon More details... |
Audio Editions
August 2010 : Audio CD
| Title: Death Is a Lonely Business Author(s): Ray Bradbury ISBN: 1-4001-6822-8 / 978-1-4001-6822-4 (USA edition) Publisher: Tantor Media Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
August 2010 : Audio CD
| Title: Death is a Lonely Business Author(s): Ray Bradbury ISBN: 1-4001-4822-7 / 978-1-4001-4822-6 (USA edition) Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
August 2010 : Audio CD
| Title: Death Is a Lonely Business Author(s): Ray Bradbury ISBN: 1-4001-1822-0 / 978-1-4001-1822-9 (USA edition) Publisher: Tantor Media Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
August 1990 : Audio Cassette
| Title: Death Is A Lonely Business Author(s): Ray Bradbury ISBN: 0-7366-1790-6 / 978-0-7366-1790-1 (USA edition) Publisher: Books on Tape, Inc. Availability: Amazon Amazon CA More details... |
Other Editions
February 2011 : Unknown
| Title: Death Is a Lonely Business (Playaway Adult Fiction) Author(s): Ray Bradbury ISBN: 1-61707-012-2 / 9781617070129 (USA edition) Publisher: Tantor Audio Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
1985 : Unknown
| Title: DEATH IS A LONELY BUSINESS Author(s): Ray Bradbury Publisher: KNOPF Availability: Amazon More details... |
1985 : Unknown
| Title: Death Is a Lonely Business. Author(s): Ray BRADBURY Publisher: Knopf New York Availability: Amazon More details... |
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