High-Rise - Softcover

Ballard, J G

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0871404028 ISBN 13: 9780871404022

Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2012

Synopsis

When a class war erupts inside a luxurious apartment block, modern elevators become violent battlegrounds and cocktail parties degenerate into marauding attacks on "enemy" floors. In this visionary tale, human society slips into violent reverse as once-peaceful residents, driven by primal urges, re-create a world ruled by the laws of the jungle.

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Review:

‘Ballard’s finest novel... Vibrant with irony and images, a triumph of artistry and feeling.’ The Times

‘Ingenious... High-Rise is an intense and vivid bestiary, which lingers unsettlingly in the mind.’ Martin Amis

‘A gripping read, particularly if you like your thrills chilly, bloody and with claims to social relevance.’ Time Out

‘An eerie glimpse into the future. A fast-moving, spine-tingling fable of the concrete jungle.’ Daily Express

‘Chilling... Ballard is a prophetic writer’ Sunday Times

From the Back Cover:

''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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0871404028
• ISBN 13: 9780871404022
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208