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.
Publisher: HarperCollins PublishersISBN: 9780586044568Number of pages: 272Weight: 260 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 20 mm
MEDIA 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
J. G. Ballard
A visionary writer of eerily prophetic dystopias,JG Ballard forged a distinctive style from his early days penning science fiction short stories through his provocative allegories such as High Rise and Crash and the eloquent war novels Empire of the Sun and The Kindness of Women.
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