More lurker than participant on social media these days, but breaking my silence to punt out this piece I wrote for @thequietus.com - a reflection on J.G. Ballard's final novel Kingdom Come (20 years old, unfortunately relevant).
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The Suburbs Dream of Violence: J.G. Ballard's Kingdom Come & England's Slide towards Fascism | The Quietus
Louis Pattison re-reads J.G. Ballard's final novel, Kingdom Come, and wonders how correct his augury of England's slide towards fascism was.