High-Rise

Introduction by Ned Beauman

Within the concealing walls of an elegant forty-storey tower block, the affluent tenants are hell-bent on an orgy of destruction. Cocktail parties degenerate into marauding attacks on “enemy” floors and the once-luxurious amenities become an arena for technological mayhem . . . In this visionary tale, human society slips into violent reverse as the inhabitants of the high rise, driven by primal urges, recreate a world ruled by the laws of the jungle.