High-rise
$35.87
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
20 August 1985
Summary
Concrete Jungle: A Descent into Madness in the High-Rise
From the author of Cocaine Nights comes an unnerving tale of life in a modern tower block running out of control, now reissued in a new cover style.
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 technological mayhem…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780586044568 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0586044566 |
| Series: | Flamingo modern classic |
| Author: | J.G. Ballard |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Imprint: | Flamingo |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Edition: | New edition |
| Release Date: | 20 August 1985 |
| Weight: | 450g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 194mm |
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Critics Review
‘Ballard’s finest novel! a triumph.’ The Times ‘Another eerie glimpse into the future. A fast-moving, spine-tingling fable of the concrete jungle.’ Daily Express ‘A gripping read, particularly if you like your thrills chilly, bloody and with claims to social relevance.’ Time Out ‘Harsh and ingenious! High-Rise is an intense and vivid bestiary, which lingers unsettlingly in the mind.’ Martin Amis, New Statesman
About The Author
J.G. Ballard
JG Ballard was born in 1930 in Shanghai, where his father was a businessman. After internment in a civilian prison camp, he and his family returned to England in 1946. His 1984 bestseller Empire of the Sun won the Guardian Fiction Prize and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. It was later filmed by Steven Spielberg. His most recent novels include the bestselling (and critically acclaimed) Cocaine Nights and Super-Cannes.
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