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Farewell Summer Ray Bradbury

Farewell Summer By Ray Bradbury

Farewell Summer by Ray Bradbury


£9.00
Condition - Very Good
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Summary

A poignant and brilliant sequel to Dandelion Wine from the author of Fahrenheit 451

Farewell Summer Summary

Farewell Summer by Ray Bradbury

A poignant and brilliant sequel to Dandelion Wine from the author of Fahrenheit 451

In Green Town Illinois, Douglas Spaulding is in the midst of a small civil war with the old pitted against the young in this, the second book in Bradbury's semi-fictionalised account of his childhood. As the school board's figure of authority Mr Calvin C. Quartermain attempts to outwit the boys at every turn, their antics increase and become ever more daring and mischevious. Once the shadow of winter draws across Green Town, the boys quickly realise that their enemy is not so much the senior members of their own community, but rather time itself which is ever ebbing away, just beyond the reach of their most daring trick yet: a bold attempt to sabotage the town's clock.

Farewell Summer Reviews

'It is impossible not to admire the vigour of his prose, similes and metaphors constantly cascading from his imagination. Spectator

Almost no one can imagine a time or place without the fiction of Ray Bradbury... The Washington Post

'Bradbury has a remarkable range of intensity and vision' Sunday Times

'The sheer velocity of his words is an apocalyptic torrent which sweeps the reader on' Independent

'No other writer uses language with greater originality and zest. he seems to be a American Dylan Thomas - with dsicipline' Sunday Telegraph

About Ray Bradbury

One of the greatest science fiction and fantasy writers of all time, Ray Bradbury was born in Waukegan, Illinois, in 1920. He moved with his family to Los Angeles in 1934. Since his first story appeared in Weird Tales when he was twenty years old, he published some 500 short stories, novels, plays, scripts and poems. Among his many famous works are Fahrenheit 451, The Illustrated Man and The Martian Chronicles. Ray Bradbury died in 2012 at the age of 91.

Additional information

GOR003163079
9780007284757
0007284756
Farewell Summer by Ray Bradbury
Used - Very Good
Paperback
HarperCollins Publishers
20081201
176
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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