About the Book

A special limited edition of J. G. Ballard’s cult, post-modern and shocking novel

I knew that Vaughan could never really die in a car-crash, but would in some way be re-born through those twisted radiator grilles and cascading windshield glass.

The Collector’s Edition

A former TV scientist turned nightmare angel of the expressway, Robert Vaughan gathers around him a collection of alienated crash victims. Among them is James Ballard, our narrator, who is drawn into a series of erotic atrocities, each more sinister than the last. Vaughan craves the ultimate crash – a head on collision of blood, semen, engine coolant and iconic celebrity.

Alongside Ballard’s cult postmodern novel, this special edition, edited by Chris Beckett, includes never-before-seen reproductions of Ballard’s annotated manuscript pages, essays, stories and material that shine a new light on this modern masterpiece.

Product Details

• ISBN: 9780007378340
• ISBN 10: 0007378343
• Imprint: Fourth Estate
• On Sale: 04/06/2017
• Pages: 400
• List Price:49.99 CAD
• BISAC1 : FICTION / Literary
• BISAC2 : FICTION / Erotica / General
• BISAC3 : FICTION / Media Tie-In

J. G. Ballard

Biography

<b>J. G. Ballard</b> was born in 1930 in Shanghai, where his father was a businessman. After internment in a civilian prison camp, his family returned to England after the Second World War. His novels include <i>Empire of the Sun</i>, <i>High-Rise</i>, <i>Cocaine Nights</i> and <i>Super-Cannes</i>. His autobiography <i>Miracles of Life</i> was published in 2008 to much acclaim. He died in 2009.

<b>Chris Beckett</b> is an archivist at the British Library. He catalogued the papers of J.G. Ballard in 2010–11.

Other Works by J. G. Ballard

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  Empire of the Sun (4th Estate Matchbook Classics)

  By J. G. Ballard

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  Crash: The Collector’s Edition

  By J. G. Ballard

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  High-Rise

  By J. G. Ballard