num_pages: 176
description: A 35-year-old architect is driving home from his London office when his car swerves and crashes onto a traffic island lying below three converging motorways. Uninjured, he climbs the embankment to seek help, but no one will stop for him and he is trapped on the island, where he remains.
language: English
title: Concrete Island
titlecomplete: Concrete Island
characters: Robert Maitland
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Thriller, British Literature, Horror, Literature, Novels, Contemporary, 20th Century, Dystopia
ratings_count: 8985
places: London, England
publisher: VINTAGE (RAND)