{"product_id":"crash-paperback","title":"Crash - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJ. G. Ballard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eZadie Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJ. G. BALLARD\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1930 in Shanghai. After internment in a civilian prison camp, his family returned to England in 1946. His 1984 bestseller \u003ci\u003eEmpire of the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e won the Guardian Fiction Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. His controversial novel \u003ci\u003eCrash\u003c\/i\u003e was made into a film by David Cronenberg. His autobiography \u003ci\u003eMiracles of Life \u003c\/i\u003ewas published in 2008, and a collection of interviews with the author, \u003ci\u003eExtreme \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eMetaphors\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 2012. J. G. Ballard passed away in 2009.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 05, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52056074846509,"sku":"9781250171511","price":19.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/crash-paperback-7368984.webp?v=1780169227","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/crash-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}