High Rise - Softcover

Ballard, J. G.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0881844004 ISBN 13: 9780881844009

Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub, 1988

Synopsis

The wealthy inhabitants of a luxurious, well-designed apartment complex become engaged in hostilities that begin in the dropping of debris onto lower balconies and climax in drunken, marauding attacks by rival floor tribes

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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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub
• Publication date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0881844004
• ISBN 13: 9780881844009
• Binding: Paperback