With a new introduction by Deborah Levy and a striking new cover design
by the artist Stanley Donwood, Ballard's final novel sees consumerism
evolve into something even more sinister. A gunman opens
fire in a shopping mall. Not a terrorist, apparently, but a madman with a
rifle.
Or not, as he is mysteriously (and quickly) set free
without charge. One of the victims is the father of Richard
Pearson, unemployed advertising executive and life-long rebel. Now he is
driving out to Brooklands, the apparently peaceful town on the M25
which has at its heart the very shiny shoppers' paradise where the
shooting happened - the Metro-Centre.
Then the main
suspect is released - thanks to the testimony of self-styled pillars of
the community like the doctor who treated Richard's father on his
deathbed. Richard, determined to unravel the mystery, starts to believe
that something deeply sinister lurks behind the pristine facades of the
labyrinthine mall, its 24-hour cable TV and sports club...
Kingdom Come - J.G. Ballard
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