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...
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