num_pages: 416
description: A high-tech business park on the Mediterranean is the setting for a most disturbing crime in this reissue featuring a new introduction by Ali Smith.A disturbing mystery awaits Paul and Jane Sinclair when they arrive in Eden-Olympia, a high-tech business park in the hills above Cannes. Jane is to work as a doctor for those who live in this ultra-modern workers’ paradise. But what caused her predecessor to go on a shooting spree that made headlines around the world? As Paul investigates, he begins to uncover a thriving subculture of crime that is spiralling out of control.Both novel of ideas and complex thriller, ‘Super-Cannes’ is an extraordinary satire from the author of ‘Empire of the Sun’, ‘The Drowned World’ and ‘Crash’.This edition is part of a new commemorative series of Ballard’s works, featuring introductions from a number of his admirers (including Robert Macfarlane, Hari Kunzru, James Lever and Zadie Smith) and brand-new cover designs from the artist Stanley Donwood.
language: English
title: Super-Cannes
titlecomplete: Super-Cannes
characters: Wilder Penrose, Dr. Jane Sinclair, Paul Sinclair, Pascal Zander, Frances Baring
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, France, Thriller, British Literature, Literature, Novels, Contemporary, 21st Century, Dystopia
ratings_count: 4571
places: French Riviera
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Commonwealth Writers' Prize
category: Best Book in South Asia and Europe, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Tähtivaeltaja Award
publisher: Flamingo