High-Rise by J.G. Ballard [U.K. TRADE PAPERBACK] pocketbooks still run by the passions

still run by the passions of those times -- sexual and political -- which have refused to die

Jack decides

A Predator ship has crashed in the wilds of a Russian taiga

They say something horrible happened that day

FIRST EDITION • FIRST PRINTING [1996] HENRY HOLT & COMPANY

High-Rise by J.G. Ballard [U.K. TRADE PAPERBACK] pocketbooks still run by the passionsHIGH RISE by J. G. Ballard U. K. TRADE PAPERBACK [2014] FOURTH ESTATE [London] Some shelf wear to cover; some peeling on back. Otherwise like new. On the arid, war plagued terrain of central Africa, a manic doctor is consumed with visions of transforming the Sahara into a land of abundance. But Dr. Mallorys obsession quickly spirals dangerously out of control. First published in 1987, this classic Ballard thriller continues to resonate with dark