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The hauntingly prophetic classic novel set in a not-too-distant future where books are burned by a special task force of firemen.

Over 1 million copies sold in the UK.



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‘Another indispensible classic’ The Times

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‘Bradbury’s is a very great and unusual talent’
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‘Ray Bradbury has a powerful and mysterious imagination which would undoubtedly earn the respect of Edgar Allen Poe’ Guardian

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

'As a science fiction writer, Ray Bradbury has long been streets ahead of anyone else' Daily Telegraph

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

Fahrenheit 451

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    A Paperback / softback by Ray Bradbury

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      Publisher Harper Collins
      Imprint HarperVoyager
      Published 16 August 1993
      ISBN-13 9780006546061
      978-0006546061
      ISBN-10 0006546064
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The hauntingly prophetic classic novel set in a not-too-distant future where books are burned by a special task force of firemen.

      Over 1 million copies sold in the UK.



      Trade Review

      ‘Another indispensible classic’ The Times

      ‘Fahrenheit 451 is the most skilfully drawn of all science fiction’s conformist hells’
      Kingsley Amis

      ‘Bradbury’s is a very great and unusual talent’
      Christopher Isherwood

      ‘Ray Bradbury has a powerful and mysterious imagination which would undoubtedly earn the respect of Edgar Allen Poe’ Guardian

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

      'As a science fiction writer, Ray Bradbury has long been streets ahead of anyone else' Daily Telegraph

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

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