{"product_id":"crash-pb-ballard-pb","title":"J. G. Ballard: Crash [2008] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe definitive cult, post-modern novel - a shocking blend of violence, transgression and eroticism - reissued with a new introduction from Zadie Smith.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cp\u003eWhen 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 auto-erotic 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cp\u003eFirst 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cp\u003eThis edition is part of a new commemorative series of Ballard's works, featuring introductions from a number of his admirers (including Robert Macfarlane, Martin Amis, James Lever and Ali Smith) and brand-new cover designs from the artist Stanley Donwood.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ballard, Jg \u0026 Smith, Zadie","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":42500624777401,"sku":"9780007287024","price":13.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Good","offer_id":46953772450131,"sku":"XG80007287024","price":4.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":49750796534099,"sku":"XV80007287024","price":7.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Like New","offer_id":50806960849235,"sku":"XE80007287024","price":7.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/ballard-jg-smith-zadie-j-g-ballard-crash-2008-paperback-59906985492819.jpg?v=1744969768","url":"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/crash-pb-ballard-pb","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}