Crash
by Ballard, J.G
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Baltimore, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1973, 1973. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. First Edition. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC). Uncorrected proof copy; vg in wraps; imprint of rusty paper clip on front wrapper, indentation from paper clip on firs t 48 pages. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC).
Synopsis
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. First published in 1973 'Crash' remains one of the most shocking novels of the second half of the twentieth century and was made into an equally controversial film by David Cronenburg.
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Details
- Seller
- Bibliomania Book Store
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 823
- Title
- Crash
- Author
- Ballard, J.G
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1973
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- FICTION
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- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
- Trade Paperback
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Uncorrected Proof
- An uncorrected proof is a printed copy of a book that needs to be reviewed for errors and corrections. They are released prior...
- First Edition
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