The literary distinctiveness of Ballard's work has given rise to the adjective 'Ballardian', defined by the Collins English Dictionary as 'resembling or suggestive of the conditions described in J. Described as 'The best British novel about the Second World War' by The Guardian, the story was adapted into a 1987 film by Steven Spielberg. While many of Ballard's stories are thematically and narratively unusual, he is perhaps best known for his relatively conventional war novel, Empire of the Sun (1984), a semi-autobiographical account of a young boy's experiences in Shanghai during the Second Sino-Japanese War as it came to be occupied by the Japanese Imperial Army. The story was later adapted into a film of the same name by Canadian director David Cronenberg. In 1973 the highly controversial novel Crash was published, a story about symphorophilia and car crash fetishism the protagonist becomes sexually aroused by staging and participating in real car crashes. In the late 1960s and early 1970s Ballard focused on an eclectic variety of short stories (or 'condensed novels') such as The Atrocity Exhibition (1970), which drew closer comparison with the work of postmodernist writers such as William S. Ballard came to be associated with the New Wave of science fiction early in his career with apocalyptic (or post-apocalyptic) novels such as The Drowned World (1962), The Burning World (1964), and The Crystal World (1966).

G.' Ballard (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009) was an English novelist, short story writer, and essayist. More tracks like Cocaine Nights by J.G.James Graham 'J.Playlists containing Cocaine Nights by J.G.Users who reposted Cocaine Nights by J.G.* For information about everything mentioned in this episode visit *If you'd like to support the show, listen without adverts, receive the show early and with extra bonus fortnightly episodes, become a Patreon at Genre Literature * To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk./shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops. Also, The Ballard-Bond connection, Colson Whitehead's Underground Railroad, and the phrase you never want to hear John Mitchinson say in person.Ĥ'10 - The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead Monocle culture editor Robert Bound joins John and Andy to discuss JG Ballard's Spanish set thriller Cocaine Nights.

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