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High-rise

Ballard, J. G.Beauman, Ned(Introduction by)
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From the author of 'Crash' and 'Cocaine Nights' comes an unnerving tale of life in a modern tower block running out of control.

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 riots and technological mayhem.

In this visionary tale of urban disillusionment society slips into a violent reverse as the isolated inhabitants of the high-rise, driven by primal urges, create a dystopian world ruled by the laws of the jungle.

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Fourth Estate
000738291X / 9780007382910
eBook (EPUB)
823.914
28/06/2012
England
English
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135 pages
Copy: 10%; print: 10%
Reprint. Description based on print version record. Originally published: London: Cape, 1975.