{"product_id":"concrete-island-j-g-ballard-9781250171528","title":"Concrete Island","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eConcrete Island\u003c\/i\u003e pays twisted homage to Defoe's \u003ci\u003eRobinson Crusoe\u003c\/i\u003e. Newly reissued with an introduction from Neil Gaiman.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn a day in April, just after three o'clock in the afternoon, Robert Maitland's car crashes over the concrete parapet of a high-speed highway onto the island below, where he is injured and, finally, trapped. What begins as an almost ludicrous predicament soon turns into horror as Maitland--a wickedly modern Robinson Crusoe--realizes that, despite evidence of other inhabitants, this doomed terrain has become a mirror of his own mind. Seeking the dark outer rim of the everyday, Ballard weaves private catastrophe into an intensely specular allegory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e J. G. Ballard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250171520\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250171528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/12\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.60d","brand":"J. G. Ballard","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44052022362367,"sku":"9781250171528","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_24c66cb5-c779-406a-9284-6ab8387cdf4a.jpg?v=1685016523","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/concrete-island-j-g-ballard-9781250171528","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}