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Describe JG Ballard's New Novel In 12 Words or Less

Author: Simon Sellars • Aug 25th, 2006 •

Category: Ballardosphere, consumerism

And Lionel Shriver rises to the challenge: “A satire of consumerism about as subtle as those cartoons in Tehran.”

Ouch.

But, leaping to JGB’s defence in the wake of some posts on the JGB Yahoo thingy, subtlety isn’t really Jim’s thing, is it? We can default to Crash on this occasion, if we really must…

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2 Responses »

  1. timc on August 26th, 2006 at 12:19 am:

    Shorter but bitchier:
    “Just like the last three, but in a shopping mall.”

  2. FJ Torres on August 27th, 2006 at 2:10 pm:

    This one is in the style of those terrible cable tv blurbs:
    “A man finds the shocking truth about his father… and reality”.

    Imagine the movie trailer:
    “In a world where consumerism runs wild… One man will face the ultimate…”

    Poor Baudrillard.

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