{"product_id":"concrete-island-9781250171528-new","title":"Concrete Island","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eConcrete Island\u003c\/i\u003e pays twisted homage to Defoe's \u003ci\u003eRobinson Crusoe\u003c\/i\u003e. Newly reissued with an introduction from Neil Gaiman.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn 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 Maitland--a wickedly modern Robinson Crusoe--realizes that, despite evidence of other inhabitants, this doomed terrain has become a mirror of his own mind. Seeking the dark outer rim of the everyday, Ballard weaves private catastrophe into an intensely specular allegory.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PICADOR USA","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":67780348674338,"sku":"9781250171528-new","price":17.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9781250171528.jpg?v=1794453797","url":"https:\/\/www.albakireads.com\/products\/concrete-island-9781250171528-new","provider":"AlbakiReads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}