{"product_id":"9781511319454","title":"A User's Guide to the Millennium: Essays and Reviews","description":"\u003cp\u003eA collection of the author's articles and reviews, giving an insight into some of the most important literary, artistic, and scientific movements and events of the last 30 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJ. G. Ballard was born in 1930 in Shanghai, where his father was a businessman. After internment in a civilian prison camp, he and his family returned to England in 1946. He published his first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Drowned World\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1961. His 1984 bestseller \u003ci\u003eEmpire of the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e won the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e Fiction Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. It was later filmed by Steven Spielberg. His memoir \u003ci\u003eMiracles of Life\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 2008. J.G. Ballard died in 2009.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brilliance Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47049524117744,"sku":"9781511319454","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781511319454_p0.jpg?v=1763722597","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781511319454","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}