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Overview
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 effortuntil 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.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780380789658 |
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Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers |
Publication date: | 03/01/1999 |
Series: | Harper Perennial |
Pages: | 240 |
Sales rank: | 133,200 |
Product dimensions: | 5.25(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.60(d) |
About the Author

Hometown:
Los Angeles, CaliforniaDate of Birth:
August 22, 1920Place of Birth:
Waukegan, IllinoisEducation:
Attended schools in Waukegan, Illinois, and Los Angeles, CaliforniaWebsite:
http://www.raybradbury.com