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Eden‑Olympia, a closed society perched in the hills above Cannes, offers its privileged residents luxury residences, private medical care, security forces, and in‑house psychiatrists, catering to a modern, high‑technology corporate elite. Paul, an editor, follows his wife Jane—now a pediatrician—to this gleaming workers’ paradise. While Eden‑Olympia appears to be an ideal, self‑contained community, beneath its glass‑wall surface lie hidden tensions and unsettling truths that challenge its pristine image.
First publish date: 2000
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: J. G. Ballard
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