Crash (Ballard novel)
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| + | '''''Crash''''' is a novel by [[United Kingdom|English]] author [[J. G. Ballard]], first published in [[1973]]. It is a story about car-crash [[sexual fetishism]]: its protagonists get their sexual kicks by staging and participating in very real car-crashes, often with very real consequences. Ballard used for the book a cold and detached language, giving the impression of an [[engineering report]] or a [[medical journal]]. | ||
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| + | It was a highly controversial novel: famously one publisher's reader returned the verdict "This author is beyond psychiatric help. Do Not Publish." The novel was adapted and made into a film in [[1996]], also called ''[[Crash (1996 film)|Crash]]''. | ||
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Crash is a novel by English author J. G. Ballard, first published in 1973. It is a story about car-crash sexual fetishism: its protagonists get their sexual kicks by staging and participating in very real car-crashes, often with very real consequences. Ballard used for the book a cold and detached language, giving the impression of an engineering report or a medical journal.
It was a highly controversial novel: famously one publisher's reader returned the verdict "This author is beyond psychiatric help. Do Not Publish." The novel was adapted and made into a film in 1996, also called Crash. [1] [May 2007]
