{"product_id":"crash-j-g-ballard-9781250171511","title":"Crash","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Definitive Cult, Postmodern Novel--a Shocking Blend of Violence, Transgression, and Eroticism \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReissued with a New Introduction from Zadie Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFirst published in 1973, \u003ci\u003eCrash\u003c\/i\u003e remains one of the most shocking novels of the twentieth century and was made into an equally controversial film by David Cronenberg.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e J. G. Ballard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250171512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250171511\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/05\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.60d","brand":"J. G. Ballard","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44052106019071,"sku":"9781250171511","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c86e73cc-d7a4-48a6-abae-86175d5df5a0.jpg?v=1685016985","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/crash-j-g-ballard-9781250171511","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}