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Cocaine Nights is a 1996 novel by J. G. Ballard. Like Super-Cannes that followed it, it deals with the idea of dystopian resort communities which maintain their seemingly perfect balance via a number of dark secrets.
Jan 1, 1996 · A house fire in the upmarket British expat enclave of Estrella de Mar on the Costa del Sol results in five deaths. Frank Prentice, the manager of the popular Club Nautico, pleads guilty and is charged with murder, but no one believes he committed the crime, not even the police.
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Jan 5, 2010 · In Cocaine Nights, Ballard uses mystery tropes to explore the weird, terrifying and sun-soaked universe of the elites living in resort towns and gated communities.
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From the iconic author of Crash and Empire of the Sun, Cocaine Nights features a man who finds himself drawn into a network of drugs, pornography, and murder in a Spanish resort.
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From the iconic author of Crash and Empire of the Sun, Cocaine Nights features a man who finds himself drawn into a network of drugs, pornography, and murder in a Spanish resort.
Jan 1, 1998 · In Cocaine Nights, Ballard uses mystery tropes to explore the weird, terrifying and sun-soaked universe of the elites living in resort towns and gated communities.
- J. G. Ballard
Jul 3, 2014 · In Cocaine Nights, J. G. Ballard stretches the taught canvas of his transgressive vision over the framework of old-fashioned mystery. The setting: the swank Spanish resort of Estrella de Mar, where young retirees from Europe's chillier climes bask in a lifestyle of endless leisure.
