Coming in March 2016 from acclaimed director Ben Wheatley, a major motion picture adaptation of J. G. Ballard’s compelling and unnerving tale of what happens when life in a luxury apartment building descends into chaos, starring Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller, Luke Evans and Elisabeth Moss.

• Tie-in to film adaptation directed by Ben Wheatley and starring Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller, Luke Evans, James Purefoy, Elisabeth Moss and Keeley Hawes. • J. G. Ballard has sold over 500,000 physical copies TCM (not including pre-Bookscan sales). ‘High-Rise’, first published in 1975, has sold over 30,000 physical copies TCM since 1998. • ‘High-Rise’ has sold 5897 e-books since June 2012 (as of 8 October 2015) • J. G. Ballard was at the forefront of modern British fiction for over three decades, achieving remarkable critical acclaim and commercial success. A recent reissue of his backlist included introductions from Zadie Smith, Neil Gaiman, John Lanchester, Ned Beauman (‘High-Rise’), Ali Smith and Deborah Levy. • Ballard’s ‘Empire of the Sun’, shortlisted for the Booker Prize, was made into a film by Steven Spielberg. The provocative novel ‘Crash’ was later made into an equally controversial film by David Cronenberg. Competition: Philip K Dick, Martin Amis, Will Self, Ray Bradbury