- Title:
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High-Rise
- Written by:
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J.G. Ballard
- Read by:
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Tom Hiddleston
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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6
- Duration:
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6 hours 18 minutes
- Published:
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June 01 2021
- Available Date:
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June 01 2021
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781867545507
- Genres:
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Fiction; Contemporary Fiction; Contemporary Science Fiction; Science Fiction
- Publisher:
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Bolinda/Audible audio
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Price
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Bestselling author
Sunday Times bestselling author
Award winning author
From the author of the Sunday Times bestseller Cocaine Nights, High-Rise is an unnerving tale of life in a modern tower block running out of control.
Within the concealing walls of an elegant 40-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.
'Ballard’s finest novel ... a triumph.'
The Times
'The terrifying thing about Ballard is his logic, is this science fiction or history written ahead of its time?'
Len Deighton
'ingenious ... 'High-Rise' is an intense and vivid bestiary, which lingers unsettlingly in the mind.'
Martin Amis
'The writing is cool, the observation exact, the idea bold and well-developed; everything seems to demand attention and analysis.'
Financial Times
'Chilling ... Ballard is a prophetic writer.'
Sunday Times