| Crash Contributor(s): Ballard, J. G. (Author), Smith, Zadie (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 1250171512 ISBN-13: 9781250171511 Publisher: Picador USA OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Horror - General - Fiction | Psychological |
| Dewey: 823 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.5" W x 8.2" (0.40 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Definitive Cult, Postmodern Novel--a Shocking Blend of Violence, Transgression, and Eroticism Reissued with a New Introduction from Zadie SmithWhen J. G. Ballard, our narrator, smashes his car into another and watches a man die in front of him, he finds himself drawn with increasing intensity to the mangled impacts of car crashes. Robert Vaughan, a former TV scientist turned nightmare angel of the expressway, has gathered around him a collection of alienated crash victims and experiments with a series of autoerotic atrocities, each more sinister than the last. But Vaughan craves the ultimate crash--a head-on collision of blood, semen, engine coolant, and iconic celebrity. First published in 1973, Crash remains one of the most shocking novels of the twentieth century and was made into an equally controversial film by David Cronenberg. |
Contributor Bio(s): Ballard, J. G.: - J. G. Ballard is the author of numerous books, including Empire of the Sun, the underground classic Crash, The Kindness of Women, and Super-Cannes. He is revered as one of the most important writers of fiction to address the consequences of twentieth-century technology. He lives in England. |