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From the author of the Sunday Times bestseller 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 from the renowned author of Crash and Cocaine Nights, society slips into a violent reverse as the isolated inhabitants of the high-rise, driven by primal urges, recreate a dystopian world ruled by the laws of the jungle.
| ISBN | 0586044566 | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | ISBN13 | 9780586044568
(What's this?) | | Pages | 176 | | Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers | | Weight (grammes) | 141 | | Imprint | Flamingo | | Published in | London | | Format | Paperback | | Series title | Flamingo modern classic | | Publication date | 03 Jan 1998 | | Height (mm) | 197 | | Non-book description | Paperback | | Width (mm) | 130 | | DEWEY | 823.914 | | Academic level | General |
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'Ballard's finest novel!A triumph' The Times 'Another eerie glimpse into the future. A fast-moving, spine-tingling fable of the concrete jungle' Daily Express 'A gripping read, particularly if you like your thrills chilly, bloody and with claims to social relevance' Time Out 'Harsh and ingenious!High-Rise is an intense and vivid bestiary, which lingers unsettlingly in the mind' Martin Amis, New Statesman  Be the first to write a customer review
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