CentralNotice Concrete Island From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Concrete Island Cover of first edition (hardcover) Author J. G. Ballard Country United Kingdom Language English Publisher Jonathan Cape Publication date 1974 Media type Print ( Hardcover & Paperback ) Pages 176 pp ISBN 0-224-00970-2 OCLC 3207706 Dewey Decimal 823/.9/14 LC Class PZ4.B1893 Co PR6052.A46 Concrete Island is a novel by British writer J. G. Ballard , first published in 1974. 1 Plot introduction 2 Adaptations 3 References 4 External links Plot introduction [ edit ] In a twisted adaptation of Robinson Crusoe , the story's protagonist , Robert Maitland, a wealthy architect, finds himself stranded in a manmade 'island' (a section of fenced-off wasteland in the middle of a motorway intersection) betwe...