The Suburbs Dream of Violence: J.G. Ballard’s Kingdom Come & England’s Slide towards Fascism
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20 years ago this week, J.G. Ballard published his final novel, Kingdom Come. In 2026, it feels like he was prophesying the United Kingdom of today, a country in which racism has been institutionalised and the quiet bit is now being shouted out loud. Louis Pattison returns to the bleakest of Ballard's late-period works and asks whether it's too late to heed the book's warnings
Photo by Matt Brown via Wikimedia Commons
“Violent? Here, in leafy Surrey? The consumer paradise? It’s hard to believe.
Photo by Matt Brown via Wikimedia Commons
“Violent? Here, in leafy Surrey? The consumer paradise? It’s hard to believe.
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