MARK DERY

J.G. Ballard’s pre-posthumous memoir; Credit: Illustration by Kyle T. Webster

Miracles of Life: J.G. Ballard's Pre-posthumous Memoir

J.G. Ballard, the forensic pathologist who autopsied the 20th century, has turned his scalpel on himself — pre-posthumously. In his new autobiography, Miracles of Life: Shanghai to Shepperton (released last year in the U.K. but without a U.S. publisher for now), Ballard dissects the extraordinary life behind Empire of the......