One day in April, 1973, 35-year-old architect Robert Maitland races home from a conference and a few nights with his mistress, but his Jaguar crashes through a highway barrier and into a large island between freeways. The vehicle is not drivable, and Maitland is unable to escape the island during the several days no one is apt to miss him. He tries to flag down traffic, scrambles for food and shelter, even tries to burn his Jaguar to create a signal flare. Eventually, he finds he is not alone, and the plot turns into a cross between Robinson Crusoe and Sartre's No Exit. Unlike his earlier sci-fi series, this short Ballard novel is entirely plausible, if no less bizarre. Another story that would make a gripping film....
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The review of this Book prepared by David Loftus
