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* 'Represents significant progress in the flowering of an exceptional talent. a totally absorbing read' - THE TIMES * 'Iain Banks of THE WASP FACTORY eclipses that sensational debut. a real dazzler' - DAILY MAIL
DAILY MAIL
'Iain Banks of THE WASP FACTORY eclipses that sensational debut...a real dazzler'

I read this book ages ago and if I’m honest I’m having trouble remembering the story that well...but I suspect I struggled with it a little. I read lots of Iain Bank's novels a decade or more ago, I got really into his writing style and eagerly awaited the release of his latest novel but I think this is the novel that I struggled to get into initially, my least favourite of his books to date. This doesn't make it a bad novel (note the 9 out of 10) but it was a slow starter for me. If I remember rightly once I got into it I couldn't put it down!!!

A RBCK for a fellow UK uncon go-er!!

Thank you so much for this wishlist book! I'm not sure I found who you were to thank you in person. :-(

Of all of Iain Banks' books this is the one I have got on with the least. I think I read somewhere that it was his favourite - straddling his mainstream and sci-fi offerings, but I just didn't enjoy as much as I thought I would. Imaginative but confusing (for me).

My other half and his dad both really enjoyed it though.