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High-Rise J. G. Ballard

High-Rise By J. G. Ballard

High-Rise by J. G. Ballard


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Summary

From the author of `Crash' and `Cocaine Nights' comes an unnerving tale of life in a modern tower block running out of control.

High-Rise Summary

High-Rise by J. G. Ballard

From the author of `Crash' and `Cocaine Nights' comes an unnerving tale of life in a modern tower block running out of control.

Within the concealing walls of an elegant forty-storey tower block, the affluent tenants are hell-bent on an orgy of destruction. Cocktail parties degenerate into marauding attacks on `enemy' floors and the once-luxurious amenities become an arena for riots and technological mayhem.

In this visionary tale of urban disillusionment society slips into a violent reverse as the isolated inhabitants of the high-rise, driven by primal urges, create a dystopian world ruled by the laws of the jungle.

This edition is part of a new commemorative series of Ballard's works, featuring introductions from a number of his admirers (including Iain Sinclair, Ali Smith, Neil Gaiman and Martin Amis) and brand-new cover designs.

High-Rise Reviews

`Ballard's finest novel ... a triumph' The Times

`ingenious ... `High-Rise' is an intense and vivid bestiary, which lingers unsettlingly in the mind' Martin Amis

`Chilling ... Ballard is a prophetic writer' Sunday Times

`The writing is cool, the observation exact, the idea bold and well-developed; everything seems to demand attention and analysis' Financial Times

`The terrifying thing about Ballard is his logic; is this science fiction or history written ahead of its time?' Len Deighton

About J. G. Ballard

J. G. Ballard was born in 1930 in Shanghai. After internment in a civilian prison camp, his family returned to England in 1946. His 1984 bestseller `Empire of the Sun' won the Guardian Fiction Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. His controversial novel `Crash' was made into a film by David Cronenberg. His autobiography `Miracles of Life' was published in 2008, and a collection of interviews with the author, `Extreme Metaphors', was published in 2012. J. G. Ballard passed away in 2009.

Additional information

GOR001253284
9780586044568
0586044566
High-Rise by J. G. Ballard
Used - Very Good
Paperback
HarperCollins Publishers
1985-08-21
272
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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