The Drowned World marks the debut of one of the most original writers of our time. Technically brilliant dazzingly inventive, Ballard uses fantasy to reflect the aberrations of contemporary society and to penetrate the labyrinthine passages of the human psyche. The Drowned World is at one a fast paced narrative, a stunning evocation of a flooded tropical London of the near future, and a speculative foray into the workings of the unconscious mind.
