An edition of Death is a lonely business (1985)

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An edition of Death is a lonely business (1985)

Death is a lonely business

  • 24 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading

A naive young writer and a world-weary detective delve into the pathetic pasts of the victims of a series of bizarre homicides in Venice, California.

Publish Date
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Language
English
Pages
277

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Previews available in: French German Spanish English

Edition Availability
Cover of: La solitude est un cercueil de verre
La solitude est un cercueil de verre
1991-05-24, Denoël
Mass Market Paperback in French
Cover of: Der Tod ist ein einsames Geschäft
Der Tod ist ein einsames Geschäft
1989, Aufbau-Verl.
in German - 1. Aufl.
Cover of: La muerte es un asunto solitario
La muerte es un asunto solitario
1986, Emece
Paperback in Spanish
Cover of: Death is a lonely business
Death is a lonely business
1986, Guild Publishing
Cover of: La solitude est un cercueil de verre
La solitude est un cercueil de verre
1986, Denoël
Paperback in French
Cover of: Death is a lonely business
Death is a lonely business
1985, Alfred A. Knopf
in English - 1st trade ed.
Cover of: Death is a lonely business
Death is a lonely business
1985, Alfred A. Knopf
in English

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Classifications

Library of Congress
PS3503.R167 D3 1985

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL39223318M
Internet Archive
lccn_0395547020
ISBN 10
0394547020
LCCN
85040221
OCLC/WorldCat
12189137

Work Description

I first came upon this novel purely by accident, I was doing an evening class course at a local technical college, and I went into the college library to check out useful books. I was surprised to see ordinary library books and chuffed to see a Ray Bradbury volume. Since discovering Bradbury I'd become an addict scouring every available source for my fix, this was an particular delight as I'd never heard of or seen it anywhere else.
I was living in digs and decided to start it one evening with the consideration of simply reading some before going to bed as I had to work the next day.
However I couldn't put it down such that I stopped checking the time, and just had to keep reading until I had finished it completely. When I did recheck the hour it was gone 2 o'clock in the morning, as I had been so consumed with it that I lost all track of time, I just had to read it all.
In searching for a copy of the novel I located an audiobook version, though not from even a United Kingdom source but from Tandor Media from the USA. I was honestly disappointed at the first hearing, in the way it was presented, as more of a conventional detective yarn, similar to what has become the rather hackneyed form of cops n' robbers. Reading a story gave me a sense of it that didn't come across in the audio version. Yes it is a detective murder mystery but oh so much more than that. Nothing is ever straightforward in a Ray Bradbury novel be entranced by its story and swept along by its momentum you won't know where its heading but you can't wait to find out.

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