A disturbing mystery awaits Paul and Jane Sinclair when they arrive in Eden-Olympia, a high-tech business park in the hills above Cannes. Jane is to work as a doctor for the executives who live in this ultra-modern workers' paradise. But what caused her apparently sane predecessor to set out one morning and murder ten people in a shooting spree that made headlines around the world? As Paul investigates his new surroundings, he begins to uncover a thriving subculture of crime that is spiralling out of control.
"Thank God for J.G. Ballard's Super-Cannes, by far the most entertaining novel of the year."
PHIL KERR, INDEPENDENT
"Possibly his greatest book. 'Super-cannes' is both a novel of ideas and a compelling thriller that will keep you turning the pages to the shocking denouement. Only Ballard could have produced it."
SIMON HIDE, SUNDAY EXPRESS
"In this tautly paced thriller he brilliantly details how man's darker side derails a vast experiment in living, and shows the dangers of a near-future in which going mad is the only way of staying sane."
CHARLOTTE MOSLEY, DAILY MAIL
"A companion piece to 'Cocaine Nights'… vintage Ballard, a gripping blend of stylised thriller and fantastic imaginings."
ALEX CLARK, GUARDIAN
"Like watching a slow-motion action replay of a spectacular collision, you can't take your eyes away from 'Super-cannes.'"
MIKE PATTENDEN THE TIMES.
