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Crash

A Novel

By J. G. Ballard

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| Paperback | 9780312420338

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In this hallucinatory novel, an automobile 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. James Ballard, his friend and fellow obsessive, tells thContinue

In this hallucinatory novel, an automobile 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. 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.

A classic work of cutting-edge fiction, Crash explores both the disturbing implications and horrific possibilities of contemporary society's increasing dependence on technology as intermediary in human relations.

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  • Book Review: Crash by J. G. Ballard Share

    Sometimes, humans can be sick. Very sick. Sick enough to make me puke sometimes. Which makes me think that sometimes, one would hope that the scenes that were described in this book remain fictional. That being said, humans can come in all shapes and ... (read full critics)

    blogcritics published on Sun, 22 Jan 2012

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  • Irriverente, allucinante e inglobante. Un vero e proprio labirinto di carne e metallo che coinvolge e sconvolge il lettore, guidandolo in una hiperreality che è tanto più assurda quanto più vicina alla nostra vera realtà metropolitana.

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  • Exciting. And... I'm talking about the car description pages.
    And... no, I never thought I would get this reaction in me.
    Damned Ballard.

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    fritZ said on Apr 25, 2010 | 1 feedback

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