{"product_id":"9780871403629","title":"The Drowned World","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1962, J.G. Ballard's mesmerizing and ferociously prescient novel imagines a terrifying future in which solar radiation and global warming have melted the polar ice caps and Triassic-era jungles have overrun a submerged and tropical London. Set during the year 2145, the novel follows biologist Dr. Robert Kerans and his team of scientists as they confront a surreal cityscape populated by giant iguanas, albino alligators, and endless swarms of malarial insects. Nature has swallowed all but a few remnants of human civilization, and, slowly, Kerans and his companions are transformed—both physically and psychologically—by this prehistoric environment. Echoing Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness—complete with a mad white hunter and his hordes of native soldiers—this \"powerful and beautifully clear\" (Brian Aldiss) work becomes a thrilling adventure and a haunting examination of the effects of environmental collapse on the human mind.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ballard, J. G.","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Science Fiction)","offer_id":47284300316896,"sku":"","price":10.8,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/Screenshot2026-01-24at4.56.00PM.png?v=1769288190","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/9780871403629","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}