The Gridiron - Hardcover
Ray Richardson, a brilliant architechnologist, has created "The Gridiron" in the heart of LA. Every aspect of the building is controlled by an intricate computer system, but after two bizarre deaths, on the eve of the official opening, the computer reveals itself as set to destroy its creators.
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"England's answer to Michael Crichton" (Financial Times)
"I loved Gridiron. It is truly original disaster novel with a theme that is awesome" (Ruth Rendell)
"Brilliant thriller about a computerised building that turns into a killing machine" (Independent)
"Kerr paces the action, teases and controls... The novel is all the more powerful for being close enough to contemporary truth for this skillful writer to engender a real sense of horror... Severely frightening" (Frances Fyfield Daily Telegraph)
"Ingeniously gruesome... I found myself turning the pages in feverish anticipation" (The Times)
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"I loved Gridiron. It is truly original disaster novel with a theme that is awesome" (Ruth Rendell)
"Brilliant thriller about a computerised building that turns into a killing machine" (Independent)
"Kerr paces the action, teases and controls... The novel is all the more powerful for being close enough to contemporary truth for this skillful writer to engender a real sense of horror... Severely frightening" (Frances Fyfield Daily Telegraph)
"Ingeniously gruesome... I found myself turning the pages in feverish anticipation" (The Times)
A Sunday Times bestseller, Gridiron is a dazzling thriller set in LA from ‘England’s answer to Michael Crichton’ (Financial Times)
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- PublisherChatto & Windus
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0701162481
- ISBN 13 9780701162481
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages374
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