{"product_id":"kingdom-come-1800154","title":"Kingdom Come","description":"\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLarge 8vo., black boards embossed with titles to spine; pale grey endpapers; together in the unclipped photographic dustwrapper (£17.99 to front flap); pp. [viii], 3-280, [ii]; a little pinching to spine tips; otherwise fine. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFirst edition\u003c\/b\u003e, this copy neatly \u003cb\u003esigned by Ballard\u003c\/b\u003e in blue pen to the title page. A series of loose newspaper clippings featuring reviews of the book are also loosely laid in. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBallard’s final novel, written just a few years before his death in 2009. The plot follows Richard Pearson, whose father is killed in a shooting at a shopping centre off the M25. When the main suspect is mysteriously released, Pearson takes it upon himself to discover the truth behind the pristine facades of the labyrinthine mall. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Ballard's central idea is that consumerism slides into fascism when politics simply gives the punters what they want”, one Guardian article claims, “The book is a vehicle for concepts, one-liners and poetic fragments: 'elective psychopathy' will replace war and sex; 'Violence is the true poetry of governments'; 'Think of the future as a cable TV programme going on for ever'”. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA bright,clean copy.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSKU: \u003c\/strong\u003e1800154\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fold the Corner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56990279106884,"sku":"1800154","price":100.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/8711\/0212\/files\/1800154_4b16079e-702e-4732-83ad-30b2a329f870.jpg?v=1784202945","url":"https:\/\/foldthecornerbooks.co.uk\/products\/kingdom-come-1800154","provider":"Fold the Corner Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}