{"product_id":"concrete-island-a-novel-by-j-g-ballard-new","title":"Concrete Island: A Novel by J. G. Ballard (NEW)","description":"\u003cp\u003ePicador. Trade paperback. New. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eConcrete Island\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epays twisted homage to Defoe’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eRobinson Crusoe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e. Newly reissued with an introduction from Neil Gaiman.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Desierto Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57199044100262,"sku":null,"price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0659\/3465\/5654\/files\/concrete_b9e28afe-fb08-48ea-a705-f91e58424239.webp?v=1787866303","url":"https:\/\/249f2c-1b.myshopify.com\/products\/concrete-island-a-novel-by-j-g-ballard-new","provider":"DESIERTO BOOKS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}