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Crash is a novel by English author J. G. Ballard, first published in 1973 with cover designed by Bill Botten. It follows a group of car-crash fetishists who become sexually aroused by staging and participating in car accidents, inspired by the famous crashes of celebrities.
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- J. G. Ballard
- June 1973
- Jonathan Cape
Oct 5, 2001 · James Ballard, his friend and fellow obsessive, tells the story of this twisted visionary as he careens rapidly toward his own demise in an internationally orchestrated car crash with Elizabeth Taylor.
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Jun 28, 1973 · Crash. J.G. Ballard. 3.59. 25,839 ratings2,101 reviews. In Ballard's hallucinatory novel, the car provides the hellish tableau in which Vaughan, a "TV scientist" turned "nightmare angel of the highways," experiments with erotic atrocities among auto crash victims, each more sinister than the last.
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Dec 5, 2017 · Book Details. The Definitive Cult, Postmodern Novel—a Shocking Blend of Violence, Transgression, and Eroticism. Reissued with a New Introduction from Zadie Smith. When 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 ...
Dec 5, 2017 · Crash: A Novel. Paperback – December 5, 2017. by J. G. Ballard (Author), Zadie Smith (Introduction) 4.0 703 ratings. See all formats and editions. The Definitive Cult, Postmodern Novel―a Shocking Blend of Violence, Transgression, and Eroticism. Reissued with a New Introduction from Zadie Smith.
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Apr 17, 2009 · Crash. The definitive cult, post-modern novel – a shocking blend of violence, transgression and eroticism. When Ballard, our narrator, smashes his car into another and watches a man die in...
Dec 5, 2017 · 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...
