High-Rise

Title: High-Rise

Author: J. G. Ballard

Publisher: Liveright

Publication Year: 2012

ISBN: 9780871404022

When a class war erupts inside a luxurious apartment block, modern elevators become violent battlegrounds and cocktail parties degenerate into marauding attacks on "enemy" floors. In this visionary tale, human society slips into violent reverse as once-peaceful residents, driven by primal urges, re-create a world ruled by the laws of the jungle.

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