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      Crash

      by J.G. Ballard
      Published
      Jan 1973
      Main Genre
      Science Fiction Sci-Fi
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      223
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      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 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.

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      Speculative Fiction

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      Science Fiction

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      Aug 1985 Vintage ISBN13 9780394741093 ISBN10 0394741099
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      Apr 1994 Farrar, Straus and Giroux ISBN13 9780374524128 ISBN10 0374524122
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      Oct 2001 Picador ISBN13 9780312420338 ISBN10 0312420331
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      Feb 2005 Vintage (UK) ISBN13 9780099466895 ISBN10 0099466899
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      Sep 2008 HarperCollins (UK) ISBN13 9780007287024 ISBN10 000728702X
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      Dec 2017 Picador ISBN13 9781250171511 ISBN10 1250171512
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      First Edition Jan 1973 Cape ISBN13 9780224007825 ISBN10 0224007823
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      Oct 2001 Farrar, Straus and Giroux ISBN13 9781429957250 ISBN10 1429957255
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