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Narrated by:
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Alastair Sill
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Written by:
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J. G. Ballard
About this listen
The definitive cult, post-modern novel – a shocking blend of violence, transgression and eroticism.
When our narrator smashes his car into another and watches a man die in front of him, his sense of sexual possibilities in the world around him becomes detached. As he begins an affair with the dead man's wife, he finds himself drawn with increasing intensity to the mangled impacts of car crashes. Then he encounters Robert Vaughan, a former TV scientist turned nightmare angel of the expressway, who has gathered around him a collection of alienated crash victims and experiments with a series of erotic atrocities, each more sinister than the last. But Vaughan craves the ultimate crash – a head-on collision of blood, semen, engine coolant and iconic celebrity.When our narrator smashes his car into another and watches a man die in front of him, his sense of sexual possibilities in the world around him becomes detached. As he begins an affair with the dead man's wife, he finds himself drawn with increasing intensity to the mangled impacts of car crashes. Then he encounters Robert Vaughan, a former TV scientist turned nightmare angel of the expressway, who has gathered around him a collection of alienated crash victims and experiments with a series of erotic atrocities, each more sinister than the last. But Vaughan craves the ultimate crash – a head-on collision of blood, semen, engine coolant and iconic celebrity.
©2011 J. G. Ballard (P)2011 HarperCollins Publishers LimitedWhat the critics say
'A work of very powerful originality. Ballard is amongst our finest writers of fiction.' Anthony Burgess
'One of the few genuine surrealists this country has produced, the possessor of a terrifying and exhilarating imagination.' Guardian
'Ballard has issued a series of bulletins on the modern world of almost unerring prescience. Other writers describe; Ballard anticipates.' Will Self
'Britain's number one living novelist.' John Sutherland, Sunday Times
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- Anonymous User
- 2018-05-05
Awesome listen!
Really enjoyed the story and characters. The author uses the word recapitulates a lot which I was very aware of. I would really recommend the audio over just reading the novel.
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- blaine_Strange
- 2023-10-05
I don't really know what I was expecting.
I'm starting to realize some books are easier to read than listen too, and I think this is one of them. Every sentence is alot to take in, and this audiobook just cruises forward no pun intended. I don't think a book I've ever read had this much cum in it before, not for me but if your a fucking werido then it's most definitely for you.
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