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Sex and Smashed Steel

A look back at J.G. Ballard's ‘Crash’—one of the the 20th century’s greatest and most disturbingly prophetic novels.

Benjamin Kerstein

2 Apr 2024 · 25 min read

James Spader as James Ballard in Crash (David Cronenberg, 1996) Alamy.

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Toby Young is a white man in his fifties. He is bald, with glasses and wears a suit.

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Henri Vidal, Caïn venant de tuer son frère Abel (1896). Marble statue in the Jardin des Tuileries, Paris, depicting a grief-stricken Cain just after murdering his brother Abel.

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Stealing Australia and Buying New Zealand

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Man rides bike through rubble in Syria after war.

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Justin Trudeau in a suit and tie, in front of protestors holding up red garments and photographs of women victims.