The Overloaded Man.

"Speculating on the total significance of this statement he let his mind relax, his eyes staring blankly at the houses. Gradually their already obscured outlines began to merge and fade, and the long balconies and ramps partly hidden by the intervening trees became disembodied forms, like gigantic geometric units."

"Breathing slowly, Faulkner steadily closed his mind, then without any effort erased his awareness of the identity of house opposite." The Oveloaded Man, J.G Ballard.