Kingdom Come by J G Ballard

Kingdom Come by J G Ballard

Richard's father was fatally wounded at the Metro-Centre, a shopping mall, when a deranged mental patient opened fire on a crowd of shoppers. When the main suspect is released without charge, thanks to the dubious testimony of self-styled pillars of the community, Richard suspects that there is more to his father's death than what meets the eye.

'"Kingdom Come" is important, germaine, timely and creepy, a tidal wrack of ideas washed up on the artificial beach of our resort culture' Will Self '"Kingom Come" is a worthy addition to an extraordinary body of work. It is impossible to read one of JG Ballard's books and not to marvel at his style and ability to capture the times in which we live. His writing has been a source of excitement and inspiration to me since I was reading library books under the covers by the light of a battery torch.' Louise Welsh Praise for 'Millennium People': 'Much of the fun of "Millennium People" -- and it is one of the most amusing novels I've read in a long time -- comes from watching as the world finally catches up with Ballard and Ballard, wryly, reacts.' Guardian 'Terrifying and strangely haunting!A riveting work from a writer of rare imaginative largesse, a bearer of bad tidings, unforgettably told.' Daily Telegraph Praise for 'The Complete Short Stories': 'Compelling ! one of the most haunting, cogent and individual imaginations in contemporary literature.' William Boyd, Mail on Sunday

J. G. Ballard was born in 1930 in Shanghai, where his father was a businessman. After internment in a civilian prison camp, he and his family returned to England in 1946. His 1984 bestseller 'Empire of the Sun' won the Guardian Fiction Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. It was later filmed by Steven Spielberg. His most recent novel was 'Millennium People', published in 2003.

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ISBN 13	9780007232468
ISBN 10	0007232462
Title	Kingdom Come
Author	J G Ballard
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers
Year published	2006-09-04
Number of pages	304
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