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At the annual convention of the American Booksellers Association Conventioneverything goes wrong. Julia Childs cooking demonstration in the Random Houseaisle blows up and catches fire. A top New York editor catches a pie in theface. Invitations to the most exclusive publishers party are stolen and allthe wrong people show up. Worse Heidi Yamada the worldfamous poet is founddead spread over the late Elvis Presleys kingsized bed. Its all caught onfilm by a busy photographer from Publishers Weekly a woman soon kidnapped.When the Las Vegas Police shrug their shoulders Guy Mallon Heidis firstpublisher and a discarded lover wonders what to do. Poor Guy. Hes abookman from Santa Barbara who despite Ross Macdonald and Sue Grafton neverfelt inspired to be a sleuth but he feels he owes it to Heidi. Besidescatching her killer may be his only chance to leave Las Vegas alive....The Poets Funeral is a romp rich with poetry publishing bookcollecting and literary gossip. Its cast ranges from smalltime players to thefamous Rock Bottom Remaiders. Its a story of ego love art and murder duringfour hot days at the 1990 ABA. «
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