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High-Rise
J. G. Ballard
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Description for High-Rise
Paperback. Now a major film: J. G. Ballard's compelling and unnerving tale of what happens when life in a luxury apartment building descends into chaos. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
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.’
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780008134891
SKU
V9780008134891
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99-3
About J. G. Ballard
J. G. Ballard was born in 1930 in Shanghai. After internment in a civilian prison camp, his family returned to England in 1946. His 1984 bestseller ‘Empire of the Sun’ won the Guardian Fiction Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. His controversial novel ‘Crash’ was made into a film by David Cronenberg. His autobiography ‘Miracles of Life’ was ... Read more
Reviews for High-Rise
‘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 ... Read more