The remarkable bestseller from one of the giants of modern British literature ndash; at once an engrossing mystery and an unnerving vision of a society coming to terms with a life of unlimited leisure. When Charles Prentice arrives in Spain to investigate his brother's involvement in the death of five people in a fire in the upmarket coastal resort of Estrella de Mar, he gradually discovers that beneath the civilised, cultured surface of this exclusive enclave for Britain's retired rich there flourishes a secret world of crime, drugs and illicit sex . What starts as an engrossing mystery develops into a mesmerising novel of ideas ndash; a dazzling work of the imagination from one of Britain's most original and controversial novelists ndash; author of Empire of the Sun and Crash.
Dimensions:128 x 198
Author: J.G. Ballard
ISBN: 9780006550648
Format: Paperback
Pages 336