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Death Is a Lonely Business
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Hardcover
Book cover for 9780394547022 Book cover for 9780896217218
 
Large print edition from Thorndike Pr (July 1, 1986)
9780896217218 | details & prices | 409 pages | List price $16.95
About: 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
from Alfred a Knopf Inc (October 1, 1985)
9780394547022 | details & prices | List price $23.00
About: 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
Paperback
Book cover for 9780380789658 Book cover for 9780553264470 Book cover for 9780553354621
 
from William Morrow & Co (March 1, 1999)
9780380789658 | details & prices | 240 pages | 5.25 × 8.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.45 lbs | List price $12.99
About: 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.
Reissue edition from Bantam Dell Pub Group (January 1, 1992)
9780553354621 | details & prices | List price $10.00
About: 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
Reprint edition from Bantam Books (February 1, 1987)
9780553264470 | details & prices | List price $3.95
About: 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
CD/Spoken Word
Book cover for 9781400118229 Book cover for 9781400168224
 
With Peter Berkrot (other contributor) | Unabridged edition from Tantor Media Inc (August 31, 2010)
9781400118229 | details & prices | 6.50 × 5.50 × 1.00 in. | 0.45 lbs | List price $34.99
About: Toiling away amid the looming palm trees and decaying bungalows, a struggling young writer (who bears a strong resemblance to Ray Bradbury himself) spins fantastic stories from his fertile imagination upon his clacking typewriter.
With Peter Berkrot (other contributor) | Mp3 una re edition from Tantor Media Inc (August 31, 2010)
9781400168224 | details & prices | 5.25 × 7.50 × 0.50 in. | 0.15 lbs | List price $24.99
Prebinding
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from Turtleback Books (October 1, 1999)
9780613171663 | details & prices | 5.75 × 8.50 × 1.00 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $24.50
About: 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.