First edition. 8vo. Pp. [viii], 344. Blue cloth boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Illustration by Steve Martin in a jacket design by Chris Shamwana.
Tale of a journalist, who in an attempt to salvage his crumbling career, embarks on a journey to find one of the greatest philosophers and political thinkers of the modern age, Dr. Bazlo Criminale.
The author was a co-founder of the Creative Writing Department of the University of East Anglia, which has produced many great writers, Ian McEwan and Kazuo Ishiguro amongst them. Bradbury was knighted in 1999, shortly before his untimely death. "Doctor Criminale offers a nourishing feast... Crème de la crème de la crème." –The New York Times Book Review