Death is a Lonely Business

Ray Bradbury

Copyright

This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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First published by Alfred A. Knopf 1985

First published in Great Britain by Grafton 1986

Copyright © Ray Bradbury 1985, 1999

First published by HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd. 2013

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Dedication

Wild love

to

Don Congdon,

who caused it to Happen.

And to the memory

of Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett,

James M. Gain, and Ross Macdonald.

And to my fiends and teachers

Leigh Bracken and Edmond Hamilton,

sorely missed.

Contents

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Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Death is a Lonely Business

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