High-Rise

the long version

Within the walls of an elegant forty-story tower block, the affluent tenants are hell-bent on an orgy of destruction. Cocktail parties degenerate inte marauding attacks on "enemy" floors, and the once-luxurious amenities become an arena for technological mayhem. In this visionary tale from de best-selling author of Crash, Empire of the Sun, Cocaine Nights, and Super-Cannes, society slips into a violent reverse as the inhabitants of the high-rise, driven by primal urges, re-create a world ruled b