Crash

by Ballard, J. G. | Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Published 01/09/2008 by HarperCollins Publishers (Fourth Estate Ltd) in the United Kingdom
Paperback | 208 pages
191 x 131 x 14mm | 170g

The definitive cult, post-modern novel – a shocking blend of violence, transgression and eroticism – reissued with an introduction from Zadie Smith.

After being bombarded endlessly by road-safety propaganda it was almost a relief to find myself in an actual accident.

When James Ballard smashes his car into another, he becomes fascinated with the allure of violence. His new friend Dr Robert Vaughan – a charismatic figure with a dubious sense of morality – leads him to a transgressive underworld of desire, where the collision of modernity and sex are pushed to the extremes. In a society ruled by mass-media and technological advancements, are there any limits to humanity’s obsessions?