{"product_id":"concrete-island","title":"Concrete Island","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eConcrete Island\u003c\/i\u003e pays twisted homage to Defoe's \u003ci\u003eRobinson Crusoe\u003c\/i\u003e. Newly reissued with an introduction from Neil Gaiman.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn a day in April, just after three o'clock in the afternoon, Robert Maitland's car crashes over the concrete parapet of a high-speed highway onto the island below, where he is injured and, finally, trapped. What begins as an almost ludicrous predicament soon turns into horror as Maitland--a wickedly modern Robinson Crusoe--realizes that, despite evidence of other inhabitants, this doomed terrain has become a mirror of his own mind. Seeking the dark outer rim of the everyday, Ballard weaves private catastrophe into an intensely specular allegory.\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 1250171520\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9781250171528\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Ballard, J. G., Gaiman, Neil\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Jun 2018)","offer_id":46099815727301,"sku":"9781250171528","price":17.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9781250171528.jpg?v=1776645567","url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/products\/concrete-island","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}