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High-Rise

High-Rise

J.G. Ballard · 1975 · 207 pages

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High-Rise is a 1975 novel by British writer J. G. Ballard. The story describes the disintegration of a luxury high-rise building as its affluent residents gradually descend into violent chaos.

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