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Synopsis
Coming in March 2016 from acclaimed director Ben Wheatley, a major motion picture adaptation of J. G. Ballard’s compelling and unnerving tale of what happens when life in a luxury apartment building descends into chaos, starring Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller, Luke Evans and Elisabeth Moss.
‘Later, as he sat on his balcony eating the dog, Dr Robert Laing reflected on the unusual events that had taken place within this huge apartment building during the previous three months.’
Within the walls of a high-tech forty-storey high-rise, the residents are hell-bent on an orgy of sex and destruction, answering to primal urges that their utopian surroundings can’t satisfy. The high-rise is a would-be paradise turned dystopia, ruled by intimidation and violence, and, as the residents organize themselves for war, floor against floor, no one wants it to stop ...
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Review
‘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
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''an intense and vivid bestiary, which lingers unsettlingly in the mind.''
martin amis
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...
In this visionary tale from the author of Crash, Empire of the Sun and Super-Cannes, human society slips into violent reverse as the inhabitants of the high-rise, driven by primal urges, recreate a world ruled by the laws of the jungle.
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High-Rise: A Novel
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Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1977
ISBN 10: 0030206510
ISBN 13: 9780030206511
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Hardcover
Seller: Chamblin Bookmine, Jacksonville, FL, U.S.A.
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12mo Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st U.S. Edition. 204p. Bright pages are unmarked. Tightly bound with securely attached hinges. Burnt orange paper boards with brown cloth spine and bronze gilt lettering are pointed with heavy foxing along text-block. Jacket is protected in mylar and remains unclipped with original price of $6.96. Edges and extremities are heavily rubbed and chipping, but is intact otherwise. Seller Inventory # 98108
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High Rise
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Seller Inventory # 7523149-6
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High-Rise
Published by
Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1977
ISBN 10: 0030206510
ISBN 13: 9780030206511
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Seller: Memories Lost and Found, Decatur, GA, U.S.A.
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Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First US edition. DJ has edgewear and some creasing along bottom edge of rear panel. Seller Inventory # 3873
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High-Rise
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Henry Holt & Co, 1977
ISBN 10: 0030206510
ISBN 13: 9780030206511
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Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.
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Condition: Very Good. First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. Seller Inventory # H16OS-00164
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High-Rise
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Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1977
ISBN 10: 0030206510
ISBN 13: 9780030206511
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Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Crestline, CA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Hardcover first edition has light toning to edges. Unclipped jacket is worn along edges and folds with some rubbing to panels.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 204 pages. Seller Inventory # 58180
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High-Rise
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Henry Holt (NY), 1977
ISBN 10: 0030206510
ISBN 13: 9780030206511
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Seller: Chris Grobel, Arlington, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Henry Holt (NY) 1977 First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine in cloth spine over boards in a Very Good + DJ with light rubbing on the flap folds as well as the corner tips and at the head of the spine. Not price clipped, the original $6.95 remains intact. A solid copy of this dystopian novel. Seller Inventory # ABE-1682167821470
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High-Rise
Published by
Henry Holt & Co, 1977
ISBN 10: 0030206510
ISBN 13: 9780030206511
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Seller: Plot Twist, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
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Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. ** FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST PRINTING ** About this Item First American edition, first printing, As New pages, unread, pages still stick! Sharp boards, spine, and pages. Fine Dustjacket. Bound in publisher's orange paper-covered boards over brown spine cloth lettered in copper. Very Fine with light wear at extremities, no foxing to textblock edges, In a Very Fine unclipped dust jacket. The best copy I could find in bookstores and the internet! Enjoy this amazing book. SYNOPSIS High-Rise by J.G. Ballard. The book is aspeculative novel published in 1975 that explores societal collapse within a luxurious, modern apartment building. The novel's summary is as follows: Setting : The story takes place in a newly built, forty-story high-rise building outside London, designed as a self-contained community with all amenities. Plot : The residents, initially members of the upper-middle class, gradually abandon social restraints and their lives outside the building as minor technical issues and class conflicts escalate. Conflict : A class war erupts, turning elevators into battlegrounds and cocktail parties into marauding attacks as residents revert to primal, violent instincts. Themes : The narrative serves as a chilling commentary on societal fragmentation, urban decay, and the psychological effects of architecture and isolation. The residents, rather than leaving the building, embrace the chaos and self-destruction. Seller Inventory # 238
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Seller: Glands of Destiny First Edition Books, Sedro Woolley, WA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Publisher: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, NYC., 1977. First Edition, First Printing. FINE hardcover book in FINE dust-jacket. PRISTINE. As New. Unread. NOT marked. NOT price-clipped. NOT remainder marked. NOT faded. NOT a book club edition. NOT an ex-library copy. All of our books with dust-jackets are shipped in fresh, archival-safe mylar protective sleeves. Seller Inventory # SKU1013506