{"product_id":"crash","title":"Crash","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Definitive Cult, Postmodern Novel--a Shocking Blend of Violence, Transgression, and Eroticism \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReissued with a New Introduction from Zadie Smith\u003cbr\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51943354990823,"sku":"9781250171511","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_6a30083b-1ca4-4427-b5a9-77029db11b06.jpg?v=1775320408","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/crash","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}