The Burning World by J. G. Ballard

Publisher: Berkley Medallion, No. F961. Mass Market, squared, well bound with scuffing and edgewear to the covers, creasing to the spine hinge area, in good condition. "'The world, without rain, is drying up. Rivers are a trickle and we see the shrivelling of the species far from its sources and headed lemming-like for the sea. Time has burst its dams and seeps inside the race-structure with bizarre results A strange and rather wonderful book full of haunting landscapes, phantasmagoria and disaster that clangs on the mind. An impressive novel at any level. Its obscurities and surrealist flourishes only heighten the dreamlike atmosphere.' "