Overview
The definitive cult, post-modern novel – a shocking blend of violence, transgression and eroticism – reissued with an introduction from Zadie Smith.
The definitive cult, post-modern novel – a shocking blend of violence, transgression and eroticism – reissued with an introduction from Zadie Smith.After being bombarded endlessly by road-safety propaganda it was almost a relief to find myself in an actual accident.When James Ballard smashes his car into another, he becomes fascinated with the allure of violence. His new friend Dr Robert Vaughan – a charismatic figure with a dubious sense of morality – leads him to a transgressive underworld of desire, where the collision of modernity and sex are pushed to the extremes. In a society ruled by mass-media and technological advancements, are there any limits to humanity’s obsessions?
- | Author: J. G. Ballard
- | Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- | Publication Date: Sep 01, 2008
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- | Binding: Paperback / softback
- | ISBN-13: 9780007287024
- | ISBN-10: 000728702X