{"product_id":"9780586089958","title":"The Unlimited Dream Company","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Ballard, J. G. \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 03\/12\/1992,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 224 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780586089958,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a new introduction by John Gray and striking new cover from the artist Stanley Donwood, the author of ‘Cocaine Nights’ brings you the story of suburban London transformed into an exotic dreamworld.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e When a light aircraft crashes into the Thames at Shepperton, the young pilot who struggles to the surface minutes later seems to have come back from the dead. Within hours everything in the dormitory suburb is surreally transformed. Vultures invade the rooftops, luxuriant tropical vegetation overruns the quiet avenues, and the local inhabitants are propelled by the young man’s urgent visions through ecstatic sexual celebrations towards an apocalyptic climax.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In this characteristically inventive novel Ballard displays to devastating effect the extraordinary imagination that established him as one of Britain’s most highly acclaimed writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This edition is part of a new commemorative series of Ballard’s works, featuring introductions from a number of his admirers (including Ali Smith, Iain Sinclair, Martin Amis and Ned Beauman) and brand-new cover designs from the artist Stanley Donwood.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54889545073013,"sku":"9780586089958","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780586089958.jpg?v=1734695221","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780586089958","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}