⭐I love the works of the late Ray Bradbury. Longer than it needs to be, the novel is still enjoyable. It suffers from previously used devices and characters from his short stories, but they are few and do not detract from what is a sort of dark valentine/memoir of Hollywood in the late 1950’s. A Graveyard for Lunatics is easily the best of the three, and you don’t have to read the prequel to know the players. ⭐Ray Bradbury wrote three crime novels using the same characters and California setting: Death is a lonely Business, this book, and Lets all kill Constance. If you know and love Bradbury, dive right in.

If this is your first foray into Bradbury’s work, I would recommend you read However this is more than made up for by Bradbury’s lyrical writing, his characterization, and the magic that runs like an electrical pulse through the novel. The central mystery of the novel is rather translucent. There is a constant battle for attention between the place and the characters, a tension that helps rather than hinders the story.The plotting is not Bradbury’s best. Bradbury writing about the fantasy world of Hollywood is a very natural coupling, and gives Bradbury an amazing canvas unto which he can paint his complex, interesting characters. ⭐Bradbury, no stranger to the land of the fantastic, takes us to the bizarre world of Hollywood and its myriad movie sets in A Graveyard for Lunatics. Not the greatest story of his I’ve read, but still really good.

I think it has predictable moments, but there’s a fair amount of mystery to the story too. This is a good story with a lot of similar dialogue he tends to use. ⭐I’ve found I really like Bradbury’s work and writing style. Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

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