num_pages: 126
description: Near the intersection of three giant motorways a speeding Jaguar has a tyre blow-out. As a result Maitland, the driver, finds himself completely marooned on a patch of wasteland, an island in a sea of hostile tarmac and high-speed heavy metal. Here he must learn to survive with minimal resources, fighting for them with the island’s other human debris.And some of them – like Jane – are very predatory.
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: 8986
places: London, England
publisher: Paladin