English language
Published Dec. 26, 2012
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.
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.
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.
