Crash
On Sale: 08/06/2024
Crash
On Sale: 08/06/2024
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About the Book
The definitive cult, post-modern novel – a shocking blend of violence, transgression and eroticism – reissued with an introduction from Zadie Smith.
After being bombarded endlessly by road-safety propaganda it was almost a relief to find myself in an actual accident.
When James Ballard smashes his car into another, he becomes fascinated with the allure of violence. His new friend Dr Robert Vaughan – a charismatic figure with a dubious sense of morality – leads him to a transgressive underworld of desire, where the collision of modernity and sex are pushed to the extremes. In a society ruled by mass-media and technological advancements, are there any limits to humanity’s obsessions?
Critical Praise
‘An extraordinary writer … Calm and curious, pointing out every new convergence, Ballard reminds us that dreams are often perverse’ Zadie Smith
‘Ballard is beleaguered by his obsessions … remorselessly visual’ Martin Amis
‘One of the few genuine surrealists this country has produced, the possessor of a terrifying and exhilarating imagination’ Guardian
'A work of very powerful originality. Ballard is amongst our finest writers of fiction' Anthony Burgess
'Ballard has issued a series of bulletins on the modern world of almost unerring prescience. Other writers describe; Ballard anticipates' Will Self
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Product Details
- ISBN: 9780007287024
- ISBN 10: 000728702X
- Imprint: Fourth Estate
- On Sale: 08/06/2024
- Pages: 208
- List Price:21.99 CAD
- BISAC1 : FICTION / Literary
- BISAC2 : FICTION / Media Tie-In
- BISAC3 : FICTION / Science Fiction / General
- BISAC4 : FICTION / Satire
- BISAC5 : FICTION / Erotica / General
