The definitive cult, post-modern novel - a shocking blend of violence, transgression and eroticism. When our narrator smashes his car into another and watches a man die in front of him, his sense of sexual possibilities in the world around him becomes detached. As he begins an affair with the dead man's wife, he finds himself drawn with increasing intensity to the mangled impacts of car crashes. Then he encounters Robert Vaughan, a former TV scientist turned nightmare angel of the expressway, who has gathered ...
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The definitive cult, post-modern novel - a shocking blend of violence, transgression and eroticism. When our narrator smashes his car into another and watches a man die in front of him, his sense of sexual possibilities in the world around him becomes detached. As he begins an affair with the dead man's wife, he finds himself drawn with increasing intensity to the mangled impacts of car crashes. Then he encounters Robert Vaughan, a former TV scientist turned nightmare angel of the expressway, who has gathered around him a collection of alienated crash victims and experiments with a series of 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.When our narrator smashes his car into another and watches a man die in front of him, his sense of sexual possibilities in the world around him becomes detached. As he begins an affair with the dead man's wife, he finds himself drawn with increasing intensity to the mangled impacts of car crashes. Then he encounters Robert Vaughan, a former TV scientist turned nightmare angel of the expressway, who has gathered around him a collection of alienated crash victims and experiments with a series of 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.
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Add this copy of Crash to cart. $125.00, good condition, Sold by Black Cat Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Sag Harbor, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1973 by Farrar Straus & Giroux.
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NF/NF. 223 p. 1st US edition, hardcover from FSG, 1973. NEAR FINE (barely bumped at spine head, small sticker on front paste-down) IN NEAR FINE (somewhat age-darkened) DJ. Basis for the David Cronenberg film of the same name.
Add this copy of Crash to cart. $325.00, very good condition, Sold by Found Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from AUSTIN, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1973 by Farrar Straus Giroux.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket has a little bit of age toning along the edges and spine, else near fine in mylar. Text is unmarked with tight binding. Boards and pages in excellent condition. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 223 p. Audience: General/trade.
Add this copy of Crash to cart. $364.08, very good condition, Sold by 84 Charing Cross Road Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cambridge, CAMBS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1973 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
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Collectable-Very Good Condition in Good jacket. 9780374130725. VG/VG-1st printing American first edition, unclipped DJ in mylar. Some superficial pinkish discoloration affecting appearance of front panel of jacket, almost 2cm closed tear to front top edge of jacket, minor smudge mark to edge of fly-leaf, tight and unmarked. Author photo to rear panel of jacket. Uncommon in this condition and first US printing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Fiction; ISBN: 0374130728. ISBN/EAN: 9780374130725. The photos provided are of our own book, further photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 090831.
Add this copy of Crash to cart. $431.00, good condition, Sold by Found Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from AUSTIN, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1973 by Farrar Straus & Giroux (T).
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Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0374130728. First American edition. Fine in close to near fine dust jacket. (1"-inch closed tear with collateral creasing at upper left-hand corner of rear panel. ) Basis for the David Cronenberg directed film adaptation.; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 224 pages.
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Fine in Fine jacket. 1st Printing. A fine US first edition, first printing hardback-in a fine unclipped dustjacket-All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days)-SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR-Pictures available upon request.
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Oct 20, 2008
Disgusting, Pornographic, and Great
Usually I wouldn't use the terms "disgusting" and "pornographic" in the same sentence as the word "great", but J.G. Ballard has inspired me to do so. I think what really fascinated me by this book was that it presented an idea so radically different than anything I have ever known previously. Basically, Crash is about a group of people who become sexually excited during a car crash, and the different lives they lead and their connection. It is very graphic and vulgar, and yet has such a strange uniqueness that I felt compelled to read it. Ballard merges the concepts of technology and sexuality with grotesque but eloquent writing. For example, one quote from the book (don't worry, it will not reveal any spoilers), is an excellent example of what I am trying to convey; "Already I was aware that the interlocked radiator grilles of our cars formed the model of an inescapable and perverse union between us." James, the main character, if you will, is describing the violent car crash that created his awe and fascination for the intimacy of car crashes. He is brought further into this world of sex and pain when he meets the eccentric Vaughn. I don't want to call all the people involved immoral, because there is something very human and desperate to these acts of violent sexual activity; they are sort of on a different level, despite how primative their behavior seems. If you will be offended by vulgarity, do not read this book. If you have a very weak stomach, do not read this book. If you are neither of these, and you are looking to read something that is obscene and revolutionary in thought, then you must read this book.