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Hello America

by J. G. Ballard

A century after America was abandoned, European explorers return to a continent transformed by desertification and climatic mutation. The expedition travels across the remnants of a fallen civilisation to uncover a mysterious power source in Las Vegas.

Accession 10817 ISBN 0881844551 Publisher Carroll & Graf
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