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Concrete Island

By J G Ballard

Price:	$24.99
On Sale:	13/11/2008
Formats: B Format Paperback

Robert Maitland‚ a 35 year−old architect‚ is driving home from his London offices when a blow−out sends his speeding Jaguar hurtling out of control. Smashing through a temporary barrier he finds himself‚ dazed and disorientated‚ on a traffic island below three converging motorways. But when he tries to climb the embankment or flag−down a passing car for help it proves impossible − and he finds himself imprisoned on the concrete island.

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Critical Praise for Concrete Island

'This allegory of modern life is both compelling and profound.' Daily Telegraph'Ballard's violent exact prose carries you along irresistibly. You believe him, you accept his vision, and it is a fearful one.' Sunday Telegraph'Ballard writes with taut and precise economy, and the moral of his brilliantly original fable is plain: the interstices of our concrete jungle are filled with neglected people, and one day those people could be ourselves.' Sunday TimesPraise for J G Ballard:'A work of very powerful originality. Ballard is amongst our finest writers of fiction.' Anthony Burgess'One of the few genuine surrealists this country has produced, the possessor of a terrifying and exhilarating imagination.' Guardian'Ballard has issued a series of bulletins on the modern world of almost unerring prescience. Other writers describe; Ballard anticipates.' Will Self'Britain's number one living novelist.' John Sutherland, Sunday Times

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ISBN: 9780007287048; ISBN10: 0007287046; Imprint: ; On Sale: 13/11/2008; Format: Paperback; Trimsize: 197 x 129 x 13 mm; Pages: 196; $24.99;

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