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Death Is a Lonely Business is a mystery novel by American writer Ray Bradbury, published in 1985. The story, set in 1949, is about a series of murders that happen in Venice, California, then a declining seaside community in Los Angeles where Bradbury lived from 1942 to 1950.
- Ray Bradbury
- 1985
A science fiction writer and a detective investigate a series of murders in Venice, California, where the victims are eccentric and lonely people. The novel explores the themes of reality, fiction, and death through the characters' stories and the murderer's motives.
Oct 28, 1985 · The style is pure Bradbury: poetic, dreamlike, a trifle cute and gushy. And the tale—which feels more like a stretched-out short story than a bona fide novel—is a familiar, YA-ish fantasy about death and loneliness, with only the most superficial use of a murder-mystery format.
Jan 1, 2001 · Ray Bradbury. 3.76. 5,866 ratings470 reviews. 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.
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Nov 17, 1985 · A young novelist--he is not named, but the Bradbury fan will recognize the plots of his novels--finds that strange deaths are taking place in his circle of bizarre, outrageous and utterly ...
Oct 12, 1985 · Death is a Lonely Business. Hardcover – October 12, 1985. A detective named Elmo Crumley and a young writer seek the killer who has left bodies among the dismantled remains of the Venice, California, amusement pier. Book recommendations, author interviews, editors' picks, and more. Read it now.
- Ray Bradbury
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. + Read More.
