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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
W W Norton & Co Inc
Publication date
July 5, 2011
Pages
288
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780393081770
ISBN-10
039308177X
Dimensions
1.25 by 6.50 by 9.75 in.
Weight
1 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$25.95
Subjects
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
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When a bomb goes off at Heathrow Airport it looks like another random act of violence to psychologist David Markham. But then he discovers that his ex-wife Laura is among the victims. Following a police lead that suggests the explosion was not the work of a foreign terrorist, but instead a shadowy and ruthless group based in the comfortable Thameside estate of Chelsea Marina, Markham begins to infiltrate Londonâs fringe protest movement.
Led by Richard Gould, a charismatic pediatrician turned cult leader, the clandestine group aims to rouse Londonâs squeezed middle classes to anger and violence, to free them from both the self-imposed burdens of civic responsibility and the trappings of a consumer society: private schools, foreign nannies, health insurance, and overpriced housing. But when Markham becomes enamored with an exotic film studies professor who moonlights as a terrorist cell leader, he too gets caught up in the idealistic campaign spiraling rapidly out of control. At last succumbing to the irresistible charms of Gould, the groupâs leader, Markham abandons his original investigation to give his unyielding support to the uprising, becoming an active participant in the process.
As widespread rioting erupts and Englandâs capital city becomes a crucible of existential rage, a frenzied English populous begins destroying the very symbols that define their middle-class status, setting fire to Volvos, destroying travel agencies, and smoke-bombing department stores. In an unnerving and prophetic ending that is so jarring it will resonate well beyond the confines of fiction, Millennium People becomes more than a novel; it becomes a shockingly plausible, deeply unsettling vision of society in collapse, one that, in the words of John Gray in the New Statesman, âdissects the perverse psychology that links terrorists with their innocent victims.â
"Terrifying and strangely haunting. . . . A riveting work from a writer of rare imaginative largesse, a bearer of bad tidings, unforgettably told."âDaily Telegraph
The explosive J.G. Ballard renaissance, which began with the 2009 publication of The Complete Stories of J.G. Ballard, continues with the appearance of Millennium People, Ballardâs first new novel to be published in America in nearly a decade. No writer, certainly no fiction writer, has examined in recent times the profound social malaise of the middle classes as presciently as Ballard, whose penultimate novel, Millennium People, a brilliant political satire, is filled with stunning psychological insights, twisted humor, and unrelenting suspense.When a bomb goes off at Heathrow Airport it looks like another random act of violence to psychologist David Markham. But then he discovers that his ex-wife Laura is among the victims. Following a police lead that suggests the explosion was not the work of a foreign terrorist, but instead a shadowy and ruthless group based in the comfortable Thameside estate of Chelsea Marina, Markham begins to infiltrate Londonâs fringe protest movement.
Led by Richard Gould, a charismatic pediatrician turned cult leader, the clandestine group aims to rouse Londonâs squeezed middle classes to anger and violence, to free them from both the self-imposed burdens of civic responsibility and the trappings of a consumer society: private schools, foreign nannies, health insurance, and overpriced housing. But when Markham becomes enamored with an exotic film studies professor who moonlights as a terrorist cell leader, he too gets caught up in the idealistic campaign spiraling rapidly out of control. At last succumbing to the irresistible charms of Gould, the groupâs leader, Markham abandons his original investigation to give his unyielding support to the uprising, becoming an active participant in the process.
As widespread rioting erupts and Englandâs capital city becomes a crucible of existential rage, a frenzied English populous begins destroying the very symbols that define their middle-class status, setting fire to Volvos, destroying travel agencies, and smoke-bombing department stores. In an unnerving and prophetic ending that is so jarring it will resonate well beyond the confines of fiction, Millennium People becomes more than a novel; it becomes a shockingly plausible, deeply unsettling vision of society in collapse, one that, in the words of John Gray in the New Statesman, âdissects the perverse psychology that links terrorists with their innocent victims.â
Editions
Hardcover
The price comparison is for this edition
Reprint edition from W W Norton & Co Inc (July 5, 2011)
9780393081770 | details & prices | 288 pages | 6.50 × 9.75 × 1.25 in. | 1.00 lbs | List price $25.95
About: "Terrifying and strangely haunting.
About: "Terrifying and strangely haunting.
from Harpercollins Pub Ltd (September 15, 2003)
9780002258487 | details & prices | 304 pages | 9.00 × 5.75 × 1.25 in. | 1.06 lbs | List price $27.25
About: Led by a charismatic doctor, a group of individuals form a violent protest movement to tear down the consumer society and replace it with a more meaningful existence.
About: Led by a charismatic doctor, a group of individuals form a violent protest movement to tear down the consumer society and replace it with a more meaningful existence.
Paperback
Reprint edition from Liveright Pub Corp (April 16, 2012)
9780871404053 | details & prices | 288 pages | 6.00 × 8.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $15.95
New edition from Harpercollins Pub Ltd (November 3, 2003)
9780007173051 | details & prices | 304 pages | List price $18.45
About: "The most cosmically elegiac writer in literature .
About: "The most cosmically elegiac writer in literature .
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