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Naked Lunch: The Restored Text
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Like 'The Atrocity Exhibition', this book uses fragmented narratives and explores dark, taboo subjects.
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The Atrocity Exhibition
by J.G. Ballard (1969)
★3.86(21 ratings)
First published in 1970 and widely regarded as a prophetic masterpiece, this is a groundbreaking experimental novel by the acclaimed author of Crash and Super-Cannes, who has supplied explanatory notes for this new edition.
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Echoing 'The Atrocity Exhibition', these works feature fragmented identities and a bleak, often absurd, examination of existence.
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