Urban
Title: Concrete Island
Author: J.G. Ballard
Publisher: London : Cape, 1974
Ballard’s ominous Robinson Crusoe revisioning is a gripping tale of a man's struggle to survive a cruel urban jungle where it's each man for himself.
Robert Maitland is young, rich and trapped. When his car crashes over an embankment just outside of London, Robert finds himself deserted under a three lane motorway as uncaring drivers go by. Marooned and concussed from the crash – Robert must find a way to escape before he loses his strength and his mind.
A metaphor for mental barriers, this psychological science fiction is intricately plotted setting a twisted and thrilling tone.
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