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The remarkable bestseller from one of the giants of modern British literature -- at once an engrossing mystery and an unnerving vision of a society coming to terms with a life of unlimited leisure. When Charles Prentice arrives in Spain to investigate his brother's involvement in the death of five people in a fire in the upmarket coastal resort of Estrella de Mar, he gradually discovers that beneath the civilised, cultured surface of this exclusive enclave for Britain's retired rich there flourishes a secret world of crime, drugs and illicit sex . What starts as an engrossing mystery develops into a mesmerising novel of ideas -- a dazzling work of the imagination from one of Britain's most original and controversial novelists -- author of 'Empire of the Sun' and 'Crash'.
| ISBN | 0006550649 | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | ISBN13 | 9780006550648
(What's this?) | | Pages | 336 | | Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers | | Weight (grammes) | 258 | | Imprint | HarperPerennial | | Published in | London | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 197 | | Publication date | 01 Sep 1997 | | Width (mm) | 130 | | Non-book description | Paperback | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY | 823.914 | |
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'The arrival of a new Ballard novel has become a literary event. He is one of the few genuine surrealists this country has produced, the possessor of a terrifying and exhilarating imagination -- and a national treasure.' Guardian 'Britain's number one living novelist. This adds a glinting new facet to his achievement -- Ballard, detective-novelist extraordinary.' Sunday Times 'One of the few world-class British writers alive today.' Literary Review 'As thrillingly wired as ever! dazzlingly original.' Independent 'Utterly compulsive.' Sunday Telegraph  Be the first to write a customer review
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