Death is a Lonely Business
by Ray Bradbury
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394547020
- ISBN 13
- 9780394547022
- Seller
-
Ossining, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Knopf, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First trade edition of this mystery novel set in Venice California in 1949, written by the acclaimed author of Fahrenheit 451. 278 pages. 8.5" x 6". Fine condition with very good dust jacket (price-clipped).
Synopsis
Death Is a Lonely Business is a mystery novel by 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. The main character and narrator (who never mentions his name) is a sensitive, modest writer, with a girlfriend studying in Mexico City.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hudson Valley Books for Humanity (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 113
- Title
- Death is a Lonely Business
- Author
- Ray Bradbury
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394547020
- ISBN 13
- 9780394547022
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1985
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About the Seller
Hudson Valley Books for Humanity
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Ossining, New York
About Hudson Valley Books for Humanity
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- Fine
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