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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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