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Crash

by J. G. Ballard

After surviving a fatal car accident, a narrator becomes obsessed with the eroticism of vehicular collisions. He is drawn into a subculture of individuals who explore the transgressive connections between technology, physical trauma, and sexual desire.

Accession 10812 ISBN 0224007823 Publisher Jonathan Cape
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