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Crash
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Crash

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by J. G. Ballard

Recommended by Anthony Bourdain

Recommended by Anthony Bourdain

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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Science Fiction, and Fiction.

When 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 ...

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