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Get Lit is a social book club designed for twenty and thirty something readers in the greater Haverhill area. We will be meeting monthly to talk books, socialize, eat, drink, and whatever else might come up. Join us every month at The Peddler's Daughter in Haverhill.

Friday, April 22, 2016

Rise to the Top

May's book will be High-Rise by JG Ballard. This book, originally published in the 1970s, presents a futuristic dystopia that seems very modern, yet very 70s. Bizarre and dark, but strangely comedic and compelling, High-Rise tells the stories of the residents of a self-contained apartment building as they become more and more cut off from the world outside.

Here's an article on some of Ballard's inspiration

The trailer for the upcoming film starring Tom Hiddleston is here.



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