The Atrocity Exhibition is an experimental novel of linked stories or “condensed novels” by British writer J.G. Ballard. Genre is experimental, science-fiction, dystopian, speculative fiction. It is J.G. Ballard's most complex, disturbing work, with fabulous photos by Ana Barrado and artwork by Phoebe Gloeckner. The Atrocity Exhibition is an experimental novel of linked stories or “condensed novels” by British writer J.G. Ballard. Genre is experimental, science-fiction, dystopian, speculative fiction. It is J.G. Ballard's most complex, disturbing work, with fabulous photos by Ana Barrado and artwork by Phoebe Gloeckner.