Super-Cannes (Paperback)

from Cecilturtle

Gritty and gruesome, this book is a look at the underbelly of the modern industrial elite. It makes a compelling argument against an over-intellectualism and hypocritical society where human emotion has no outlet and can, therefore, only be expressed in deviant ways. The construction is careful: ...

from Widsith

A wonderful novel, oozing with millenarian angst and chock-full of Ballard's favourite icons, played from his deck like tarot cards - the Grounded Pilot, the Closed Community, the Unhinged Doctor, the Sexy Car-Crash - with the theme, as always, having to do with the dark poles of eros and thanato...

from bcquinnsmom

brief plot summary On the surface, you'd think you were reading a murder mystery. From beginning to end, Paul Sinclair tries to uncover the answers to why an acquaintance, Dr. David Greenwood, one day went crazy and shot several co-workers & then himself at a corporate business park called Eden-O...

from MellowOwl

A well-written, fast-paced dystopian thriller. Ballard's mind for perverse details will find an audience in Palahnuik and Easton Ellis fanboys, which is a good thing because Ballard is a significantly better writer than both of them. "Super-Cannes" paves no new territory for Ballard, but shows hi...

from MellowOwl

A well-written, fast-paced dystopian thriller. Ballard's mind for perverse details will find an audience in Palahnuik and Easton Ellis fanboys, which is a good thing because Ballard is a significantly better writer than both of them. "Super-Cannes" paves no new territory for Ballard, but shows hi...