Concrete Island

Concrete Island

1974 • 176 pages

Ratings10

Average rating3.7

15

A gritty, slightly dystopian Robinson Crusoe story of a man being stranded on a desolate trashy traffic island between highways outside London. He is stuck in limbo, fights hunger, pain, a fevered mind, and starts a 2-3 week adventure with/against the island and it's Mad-Maxian inhabitants. Several times he self-sabotages his own escape, and seemingly alternates between despair and fascination for the effects the island has on him.

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