He published his first novel, The Drowned World, in 1961. After internment in a civilian prison camp, he and his family returned to England in 1946. Ballard was born in 1930 in Shanghai, where his father was a businessman. With his alienating, ‘Ballardian’ view of normal events, this is a unique novel from one of our finest writers. Concrete Island provides an unnerving study of our modern lives and world. In this twisted version of Robinson Crusoe, our hero must learn to survive - using only what he can find in his crashed car. But when he tries to climb the embankment or flag-down a passing car for help it proves impossible - and he finds himself marooned on the concrete island. Smashing through a temporary barrier he finds himself, dazed and disorientated, on a traffic island below three converging motorways. A chilling novel about our modern world, from the author of Empire of the Sun and Crash.Īn architect is driving home from his London offices when a blow-out sends his speeding Jaguar hurtling out of control.
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