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Can I read High Rise on EtoBox?
High Rise by Ballard, J. G.; Beauman, Ned is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is High Rise about?
Coming in March 2016 from acclaimed director Ben Wheatley, a major motion picture adaptation of J. G. Ballard’s compelling and unnerving tale of what happens when life in a luxury apartment building descends into chaos, starring Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller, Luke Evans and Elisabeth Moss. ‘Later, as he sat on his balcony eating the dog, Dr Robert Laing reflected on the unusual events that had taken place within this huge apartment building during the previous three months.’ Within the walls of a high-tech forty-storey high-rise, the residents are hell-bent on an orgy of sex and destruction, answering to primal urges that their utopian surroundings can’t satisfy. The high-rise is a would-be paradise turned dystopia, ruled by intimidation and violence, and, as the residents organize themselves for war, floor against floor, no one wants it to stop ...
Who reads High Rise?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Ballard, J. G.; Beauman, Ned
- Publisher
- HarperCollins UK
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780007382910
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Horror
- Rating
- 3.67 / 5 (9 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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