Michael @ Knowledge Lost
Written on Mar 18, 2011
One of Ray Bradbury's classic noir novels, available in ebook for the first time.
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.
- ISBN10 0380789655
- ISBN13 9780380789658
- Publish Date 1 March 1999 (first published 24 April 1986)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Avon Books
- Format Paperback
- Pages 240
- Language English
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