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High-Rise Film tie-in edition


High-Rise Film tie-in edition

Paperback by Ballard, J. G.

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ISBN:
9780008134891
Publication Date:
10 Mar 2016
Edition/language:
Film tie-in edition / English
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint:
Fourth Estate Ltd
Pages:
272 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 24 - 25 Apr 2024
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Description

Coming in March 2016 from acclaimed director Ben Wheatley, a major motion picture adaptation of J. G. Ballard's compelling and unnerving tale of what happens when life in a luxury apartment building descends into chaos, starring Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller, Luke Evans and Elisabeth Moss. 'Later, as he sat on his balcony eating the dog, Dr Robert Laing reflected on the unusual events that had taken place within this huge apartment building during the previous three months.' Within the walls of a high-tech forty-storey high-rise, the residents are hell-bent on an orgy of sex and destruction, answering to primal urges that their utopian surroundings can't satisfy. The high-rise is a would-be paradise turned dystopia, ruled by intimidation and violence, and, as the residents organize themselves for war, floor against floor, no one wants it to stop ...

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