Millennium People

First edition. 8vo. Pp. [vi], 294, [4 (blank)]. Black cloth boards, lettered in silver to spine; light grey endpapers.

Author's penultimate novel, a humorous political satire. After his ex-wife is blown up at Heathrow Airport, psychologist David Markham infiltrates the well-heeled shadowy protest group responsible and finds himself becoming brainwashed by their charismatic leader.

"Among British writers alive today, Ballard possesses a unique power to crash through every cosy convention of narrative in pursuit of his uncanny dystopian visions." –Independent on Sunday