Thirty miles outside of London lies a suburban utopia called Pangbourne Village, an exclusive residential development in which all the houses are new, the security system is impeccable, parents are happy and children are provided with a nonstop roster of structured activity. But fans of Ballard's High Rise , in which he turned an apartment tower into a warring miniature city, will recognize his dim view of fabricated societies. Indeed, in his eerie new novella's first moments, Pangbourne's 32 adults are found murdered, and the complex's 13 children, all but one of them teenagers, have vanished. Written as a police psychiatrist's forensic diary, the story unfolds as an investigation that quickly points to the children themselves as culprits. Though the author sketches a sharp portrait of complacent privilege in Thatcher's England and tells a provocative story with a jolting final twist, the explanation of a carefully coordinated plot among the youths--"in a totally sane society, madness is the only freedom"--is unduly glib. At just over 100 pages, that's really all there is to it; this is, in every sense, a minor work by a major writer.
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“In a totally sane society, madness is the only freedom” J. G. Ballard. “Running Wild”。High Rise作者的另一部，侦探小说的外衣，讽刺小说的内涵。
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评分以现在的眼光看，自是觉得老套。但Ballard的魅力本来就不在情节，而是当社会实验性质的政治寓言来读的。
评分“In a totally sane society, madness is the only freedom” J. G. Ballard. “Running Wild”。High Rise作者的另一部，侦探小说的外衣，讽刺小说的内涵。
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