Cocaine Nights
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Cocaine Nights

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Cocaine Nights

About this book

'Snort up Cocaine Nights. It's disorientating, deranging and knocks the work of other avant-garde writers into a hatted cock' Will Self

Five people die in an unexplained house fire in the Spanish resort of Estrella de Mar, an exclusive enclave for the rich, retired British, centred on the thriving Club Nautico. The club manager, Frank Prentice, pleads guilty to charges of murder – yet not even the police believe him. When his Charles arrives to unravel the truth, he gradually discovers that behind the resort's civilized façade flourishes a secret world of crime, drugs and illicit sex.

At once an engrossing mystery and a novel of ideas, Cocaine Nights is a stunningly original work, a vision of a society coming to terms with a life of almost unlimited leisure.

This edition is part of a new commemorative series of Ballard's works, featuring introductions from a number of his admirers (including Neil Gaiman, Zadie Smith, John Lanchester and Martin Amis) and brand-new cover designs.

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Information

Publisher
Fourth Estate
Year
2012
Print ISBN
9780006550648
eBook ISBN
9780007378814
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Literature General
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Note to Readers
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Introduction by James Lever
  6. 1 Frontiers and Fatalities
  7. 2 The Fire at the Hollinger House
  8. 3 The Tennis Machine
  9. 4 An Incident in the Car Park
  10. 5 A Gathering of the Clan
  11. 6 Fraternal Refusals
  12. 7 An Attack on the Balcony
  13. 8 The Scent of Death
  14. 9 The Inferno
  15. 10 The Pornographic Film
  16. 11 The Lady by the Pool
  17. 12 A Game of Tease and Chase
  18. 13 A View from the High Corniche
  19. 14 A Pagan Rite
  20. 15 The Cheerleader’s Cruise
  21. 16 Criminals and Benefactors
  22. 17 A Change of Heart
  23. 18 Cocaine Nights
  24. 19 The Costasol Complex
  25. 20 A Quest for New Vices
  26. 21 The Bureaucracy of Crime
  27. 22 An End to Amnesia
  28. 23 Come and See
  29. 24 The Psychopath as Saint
  30. 25 Carnival Day
  31. 26 The Last Party
  32. 27 An Invitation to the Underworld
  33. 28 The Syndicates of Guilt
  34. Keep Reading
  35. Interview with J. G. Ballard
  36. About the Author
  37. By the Same Author
  38. About the Publisher

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