{"product_id":"concrete-island-by-j-g-ballard","title":"Concrete Island by J G Ballard","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"doPublisherSearch\" href=\"https:\/\/ipage.ingramcontent.com\/ipage\/productdetail?queryString=H4sIAAAAAAAA_6tWKk5RskpLzClO1VEqzs9XsiopKgUyC0qUrJSc8vOzlYDs4iolKyNTICMHKOgaEeKiBFILZLv4-oHZBUpW0dGGOkpAtndqZXl-UUp8SGZJTiqQ75yfl1yUWpKq4Fmck5iXohQbWwsAP1U1nnQAAAA\u0026amp;R=54282797\u0026amp;dNo=0#\"\u003ePicador USA\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eConcrete Island\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epays twisted homage to Defoe's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobinson Crusoe\u003c\/i\u003e. Newly reissued with an introduction from Neil Gaiman.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\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":"Dotters Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52286703862053,"sku":"9781250171528","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2167\/5269\/files\/9781250171528.gif?v=1777484808","url":"https:\/\/dottersbooks.com\/products\/concrete-island-by-j-g-ballard","provider":"Dotters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}