J.G. Ballard Kingdom Come ISBN 13: 9780007242894

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Never before published in America―J. G. Ballard's capstone novel, a thriller that envisions the collapse of our consumerist culture.

A violent novel filled with insidious twists, Kingdom Come follows the exploits of Richard Pearson, a rebellious, unemployed advertising executive, whose father is gunned down by a deranged mental patient in a vast shopping mall outside Heathrow Airport. When the prime suspect is released without charge, Richard’s suspicions are aroused. Investigating the mystery, Richard uncovers at the Metro-Centre mall a neo-fascist world whose charismatic spokesperson is whipping up the masses into a state of unsustainable frenzy. Riots frequently terrorize the complex, immigrant communities are attacked by hooligans, and sports events mushroom into jingoistic political rallies. In this gripping, dystopian tour de force, J.G. Ballard holds up a mirror to suburban mind rot, revealing the darker forces at work beneath the gloss of consumerism and flag-waving patriotism.

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J.G. Ballard was born in Shanghai in 1930 and lived in England from 1946 until his death in London in 2009. He is the author of nineteen novels, including Empire of the Sun, The Drought, and Crash, with many of them made into major films.
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“Ballard, paradoxically, with all his characters gripped by obsession and necessity, is one of the great novelists of freedom.”
- Financial Times

“Impressively packed with brilliant apercus.”
- Observer

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  • PublisherFourth Estate
  • Publication date2006
  • ISBN 10 0007242891
  • ISBN 13 9780007242894
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages280
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