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Critics have labeled Ballard's classic "pornographic"--both as criticism and as praise. It is the story of a man obsessed with sex who is drawn into a demimonde of individuals who combine car crashes and drugs with a variety of sexual acts. A disturbing document on the influence of technology and sexuality in culture, this is the first in a loose trilogy of novels--"Concrete Island" and "High Rise" are the other two--that examine Ballard's view of "modern life."
| Size | | Length: | 223 pages | | Height: | 8.3 in | | Width: | 5.8 in | | Thickness: | 0.5 in | | Weight: | 7.2 oz |
Industry Reviews
"[E]xplores the erotic significance of the automobile accident....[T]he narrator..., in the course of the book, and with the help of some like-minded characters, works this stark sex-death equation through all its possible permutations."
New Yorker - Tom Shone (03/17/1997)
"I believe in the beauty of the car crash, in the peace of the submerged forest, in the excitements of the deserted holiday beach, in the elegance of automobile graveyards, in the mystery of multi-storey car parks, in the poetry of abandoned hotels."
"What I Believe" - J. G. Ballard (01/01/1982)
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