Crash

by Ballard, J.G

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New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1973 Octavo (5 1/2" x 8 1/8"), gray pasteboard backed w/black cloth; silver lettering on spine, 223 pp. + [1]. Dustjacket illustration by Lawrence Ratzkin. Small tear to bottom edge of dj's front panel w/crease extending from tear about 3 1/2" to edge bottom edge; moderate tanning to white areas of dj; moderate soiling to page edges. From dj notes: "Violent and frightening but always true to its subject, 'Crash' is a visionary portrait of the brutal, erotic and overlit future that beckons ever more powerfully from the margins of the technological landscape." Basis for film of same title. . First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Ratzkin, Lawrence.

Book summary

Critics have labeled Ballard's classic "pornographic"--both as criticism and as praise. It is the story of a man obsessed with sex who is drawn into a demimonde of individuals who combine car crashes and drugs with a variety of sexual acts. A disturbing document on the influence of technology and sexuality in culture, this is the first in a loose trilogy of novels--"Concrete Island" and "High Rise" are the other two--that examine Ballard's view of "modern life."