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High Rise
J.G. Ballard

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High Rise

Firebird Distributing (4 Sep 2006)
9780586044568
| Paperback
176 pages | 128 x 194 mm | English
Dewey 813

Subject

  • Fiction / General
  • Tall Buildings
  • Violence

Plot

From the author of the Sunday Times bestseller Cocaine Nights comes an acclaimed backlist title -- the unnerving tale of life in a modern tower block running out of control -- now reissued in 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!In this classic visionary tale, 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.