>Cocaine Nights; that's the story.
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>And yes, that's our Ballard: where others might only see lazy sun
>bathers, he perceives the self-assembling components of a riot,
>snapping into place with a precise, sinister majesty.
I was thinking of the short story that laid track for Cocaine Nights and Super Cannes. It's called The Largest Theme Park in the World.
This is something else we're losing. Someone writes a short story and the same central theme later appears in a novel or two. Alas.
http://www.bookmunch.co.uk/view.php?id=794