HIGH RISE EPUB ED EB
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HIGH RISE EPUB ED EB

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eBook - ePub

HIGH RISE EPUB ED EB

About this book

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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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Contents
  4. Introduction by Ned Beauman
  5. 1. Critical Mass
  6. 2. Party Time
  7. 3. Death of a Resident
  8. 4. Up!
  9. 5. The Vertical City
  10. 6. Danger in the Streets of the Sky
  11. 7. Preparations for Departure
  12. 8. The Predatory Birds
  13. 9. Into the Drop Zone
  14. 10. The Drained Lake
  15. 11. Punitive Expeditions
  16. 12. Towards the Summit
  17. 13. Body Markings
  18. 14. Final Triumph
  19. 15. The Evening’s Entertainment
  20. 16. A Happy Arrangement
  21. 17. The Lakeside Pavilion
  22. 18. The Blood Garden
  23. 19. Night Games
  24. Keep Reading
  25. Also by the Author
  26. About the author
  27. Interview with J. G. Ballard
  28. About the Publisher