Concrete Island A Novel Instruments as he figures out how

as he figures out how to live in a world not made for his stature

After her mother dies in an accident

[A] fusion of detective fiction and horror that is impossible to look away from

in a dazzling panoply

Concrete Island A Novel Instruments as he figures out howBy: J. G. Ballard Published by Pan MacMillan, 2018 06 12 Concrete Island pays twisted homage to Defoes Robinson Crusoe. Newly reissued with an introduction from Neil Gaiman. On a day in April, just after three o'clock in the afternoon, Robert Maitland's car crashes over the concrete parapet of a high speed highway onto the island below, where he is injured and, finally, trapped. What begins as an almost ludicrous predicament soon turns into horror as