Crash

By: J. G. Ballard

Narrated by: Roger Hampton

An underground classic, Crash explores the disturbing potentialities of contemporary society's increasing dependence on technology as intermediary in human relations. In this hallucinatory novel, the car provides the hellish tableau in which Vaughan, a "TV scientist" turned "nightmare angel of the highways", experiments with erotic atrocities among auto crash victims, each more sinister then the last. James Ballard, his friend and fellow obsessive, tells the story of this twisted visionary as he careens rapidly toward his own demise in an internationally orchestrated car crash with Elizabeth Taylor.

©1973 J.G. Ballard; Introduction copyright 2014, 2017 Zadie Smith (P)2019 Recorded Books

Nothing like it

Perverse, incisive, amazing language and a perfect read. I loved it. Worth a chance. A classic.

Captivating

I couldn’t stop listening to it. It was one of the best books I’ve listened to in a while. Worth it.

Fantastic

Really great! Very erotic and violent with well written prose. Narrator did a great job.

A quite unique story. Not for everyone.

I thought the movie was actually a bit better, but this kept me entertained

shocking but with literary merit

not just a shock book although it is rather shocking and unrelenting. not for the squeamish or faint of heart. however it can be dissected and examined through the lens of extreme fetishes and their consequences.