Super-Cannes. Ali Smith

      Super-Cannes

      J.G. BALLARD

      

       Copyright

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      This edition published by Fourth Estate in 2014

      First published in Great Britain by Flamingo in 2000

      

      Copyright © J. G. Ballard 2000

      

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      Introduction © Ali Smith 2014

      ‘The Enormous Space’ © J. G. Ballard 1989

      

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      This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

      

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      Ebook Edition © May 2013 ISBN: 9780007322183

      Version: 2014-08-14

      Table of Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

Copyright

Author’s Note

Introduction by Ali Smith

PART I

1 Visitors to the Dream Palace

2 Dr Wilder Penrose

3 The Brainstorm

4 A Flying Accident

5 The English Girl

6 A Russian Intruder

7 Incident in a Car Park

8 The Alice Library

9 Glass Floors and White Walls

10 The Hit List

       11 Thoughts of Saint-Exupéry

       12 A Fast Drive to Nice Airport

       13 A Decision to Stay

       14 Riviera News

       15 A Residential Prison

       16 Widows and Memories

       17 Refuge at La Bocca

       18 The Street of Darkest Night

       19 Elopement

       20 The Grand Tour

       21 Drugs and Deaths

       22 The Roof Deck

       23 The Confession

       24 Blood Endures

       25 The Cardin Foundation

       26 Flying Again

       27 Darkness Curves

       28 Strains of Violence

       29 The Therapy Programme

       30 Nietzsche on the Beach

       PART II

       31 The Film Festival