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|title=Empire of the Sun
|author=J G Ballard
|reviewer=Jill Murphy
|genre=Literary Fiction
|summary=It's not really possible to sum up ''Empire of the Sun '' in just a few words if not to simply say, "''Don't miss it." '' It's a book about war. It's about more than just the fighting. In fact, there isn't any fighting. It's beautifully written. It's mesmerising. It provides a revealing background to Ballard's later novels. It's a great definition of that made-up word, "''dystopia"''. Oh, just don't miss it. Ok?
|rating=5
|buy=Yes
|borrow=Yes
|pages=352
|publisher=HarperPerennial
|date=February 2006
|isbn=0007221525
|amazonukcover=<amazonuk>0007221525</amazonuk>|amazonusaznuk=0007221525|aznus=<amazonus>0007221525</amazonus>
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Sometimes, re-reading a favourite book, one suddenly makes a new connection, gains a new insight and this will add another piece to the jigsaw in one's mind. A little bit more of the overall pattern, the big picture slips into place. What one thinks, how one sees things, becomes just a little clearer. Do you know what I mean? When it happens to me, it makes me smile.
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|name=lechateau1962
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|comment= I trawled through this book all the time thinking it must get better but unfortunately it never did.Then I watched the film and that was just as bad.
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