{"product_id":"9781429957250","title":"Crash","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Definitive Cult, Postmodern Novel—a Shocking Blend of Violence, Transgression, and Eroticism—Reissued with a New Introduction from Zadie Smith\u003c\/b\u003e\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, \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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47139303096560,"sku":"9781429957250","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781429957250_p0.jpg?v=1763749614","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781429957250","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}