{"product_id":"crash-a-novel","title":"Crash: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Definitive Cult, Postmodern Novel―a Shocking Blend of Violence, Transgression, and Eroticism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReissued with a New Introduction from Zadie Smith\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1973, Crash remains one of the most shocking novels of the twentieth century and was made into an equally controversial film by David Cronenberg.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"J. G. Ballard, Zadie Smith","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53685732376789,"sku":"9781250171511","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0792\/1893\/3973\/files\/9781250171511.jpg?v=1776469621","url":"https:\/\/thecrookedshelfbooksbrews.com\/products\/crash-a-novel","provider":"The Crooked Shelf, Books \u0026 Brews","version":"1.0","type":"link"}