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The Atrocity Exhibition

The Atrocity Exhibition

J. G. Ballard

The irrational, all-pervading violence of the modern world is the subject of this novel. The central character's dreams are haunted by images of John F. Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe, dead astronauts and motorcar crash victims. ...

Publisher:
Harper
Year of publication:
2001
ISBN:
978-0-00-711686-7
Pages:
184
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Synopsis

The irrational, all-pervading violence of the modern world is the subject of this novel. The central character's dreams are haunted by images of John F. Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe, dead astronauts and motorcar crash victims.

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