High-rise - tildebooks

English language

Published Nov. 1, 2012 by Liveright.

ISBN:: 978-0-87140-402-2

(1 review)

When a class war erupts inside a luxurious apartment block, modern elevators become violent battlegrounds and cocktail parties degenerate into marauding attacks on "enemy" floors. In this visionary tale, human society slips into violent reverse as once-peaceful residents, driven by primal urges, re-create a world ruled by the laws of the jungle.

1 edition

Dave Slusher reviewed High-rise by J. G. Ballard

Review of 'High-rise' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Disturbing as is all the best of Ballard. He hides the horror of societal decay and dysfunction inside beautiful prose. I was impressed with how he maintained the even but relentless pace of breakdown.

I would not quite put it at the high water mark of Crash but it is in the neighborhood.