Extreme Metaphors

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Author: J.G. Ballard

A startling and at times unsettlingly prescient collection of J. G. Ballard’s greatest interviews.,,,J.G. Ballard was a literary giant. Best known for his controversial bestseller ‘Crash’ and the memoir ‘Empire of the Sun’, he was a writer of unique talent – always surprising, frequently prescient.,,,Such acuity was not exclusive to his novels and, as this book reminds us, Balla….Read More

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