{"product_id":"crashbooks","title":"Crash","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Definitive Cult, Postmodern Novel—a Shocking Blend of Violence, Transgression, and Eroticism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReissued with a New Introduction from Zadie Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ballard, J. G.","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Adult Fiction A-F)","offer_id":44029824041184,"sku":"","price":10.8,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/70241.jpg?v=1701458359","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/crashbooks","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}