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Wasp Factory
AvIain Banks
Häftad, Engelska, 2013
142 kr
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar
'A gothic horror story of quite exceptional quality' Financial Times'Two years after I killed Blyth I murdered my young brother Paul, for quite different reasons than I'd disposed of Blyth, and then a year after that I did for my young cousin Esmerelda, more or less on a whim. That's my score to date. Three. I haven't killed anybody for years, and don't intend to ever again. It was just a stage I was going through.' Enter - if you can bear it - the extraordinary private world of Frank, just sixteen, and unconventional, to say the least.Praise for Iain Banks:'The most imaginative novelist of his generation' The Times'His verve and talent will always be recognised, and his work will always find and enthral new readers' Ken MacLeod, Guardian'His work was mordant, surreal, and fiercely intelligent' Neil Gaiman'An exceptional wordsmith' Scotsman
Walking On Glass
AvIain Banks
Häftad, Engelska, 2013
145 kr
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar
'Establishes beyond doubt that Iain Banks is a novelist of remarkable talents' Daily TelegraphGraham Park is in love. But Sara Fitch is an enigma to him, a creature of almost perverse mystery. Steven Grout is paranoid - and with justice. He knows that They are out to get him. They are. Quiss, insecure in his fabulous if ramshackle castle, is forced to play interminable impossible games. The solution to the oldest of all paradoxical riddles will release him. But he must find an answer before he knows the question.Park, Grout, Quiss - no trio could be further apart. But their separate courses are set for collision.Praise for Iain Banks:'The most imaginative novelist of his generation' The Times'His verve and talent will always be recognised, and his work will always find and enthral new readers' Ken MacLeod, Guardian'His work was mordant, surreal, and fiercely intelligent' Neil Gaiman'An exceptional wordsmith' Scotsman
Crow Road
'One of the best opening lines of any novel' Guardian
AvIain Banks
Häftad, Engelska, 2017
145 kr
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar
'One of the best opening lines of any novel' Guardian'It was the day my grandmother exploded. I sat in the crematorium, listening to my Uncle Hamish quietly snoring in harmony to Bach's Mass in B Minor, and I reflected that it always seemed to be death that drew me back to Gallanach.'Prentice McHoan has returned to the bosom of his complex but enduring Scottish family. Full of questions about the McHoan past, present and future, he is also deeply preoccupied: mainly with death, sex, drink, God and illegal substances...Praise for Iain Banks:'The most imaginative novelist of his generation' The Times'His verve and talent will always be recognised, and his work will always find and enthral new readers' Ken MacLeod, Guardian'His work was mordant, surreal, and fiercely intelligent' Neil Gaiman'An exceptional wordsmith' Scotsman
The Wasp Factory
A Novel
AvIain Banks
Häftad, Engelska, 1998
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(1)
209 kr
Skickas
The polarizing literary debut by Scottish author Ian Banks, The Wasp Factory is the bizarre, imaginative, disturbing, and darkly comic look into the mind of a child psychopath.Meet Frank Cauldhame. Just sixteen, and unconventional to say the least: Two years after I killed Blyth I murdered my young brother Paul, for quite different and more fundamental reasons than I'd disposed of Blyth, and then a year after that I did for my young cousin Esmerelda, more or less on a whim. That's my score to date. Three. I haven't killed anybody for years, and don't intend to ever again. It was just a stage I was going through.
Getingfabriken
AvIain Banks
Häftad, Svenska, 2012
4,4 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(8)
289 kr
Skickas
Iain Banks debutroman är den våldsamma, groteska och svart komiska berättelsen om den psykopatiske tonåringen och flerfaldige mördaren Frank som bor tillsammans med sin pappa på en ö utanför Skottlands kust. Där ägnar han sig åt makabra, rituella djuroffer - titeln Getingfabriken syftar på en avancerad anordning som involverar levande getingar - medan han inväntar sin halvbror Eric som är på rymmen från ett mentalsjukhus.Boken väckte starka reaktioner när den kom ut 1984. En del betraktade den som ett smaklöst frosseri i grymhet och våld, medan den på andra håll lyftes fram som en storslagen debut. »Briljant, oemotståndlig, fängslande«, skrev till exempel New York Times recensent. När den brittiska dagstidningen The Independent ett antal år senare valde ut århundradets 100 bästa romaner fanns Getingfabriken med på listan.IAIN BANKS föddes 1954 i Dunfermline i Skottland. Efter den stora uppmärksamhet han väckte med Getingfabriken [The Wasp Factory, 1984] har han skrivit en lång rad böcker, dels mainstreamromaner, dels internationellt storsäljande science fiction-romaner under namnvariationen Iain M. Banks. 2005 tilldelades han science fiction-genrens finaste pris, The Hugo Award, för romanen The Algebraist.»En gotisk skräckhistoria av helt exceptionell kvalitet. Makaber, bisarr och omöjlig att lägga ifrån sig.« FINANCIAL TIMES»Förmodligen är det här den mest ondskefulla och läskiga bok jag någonsin läst.« QUETZALA BLANCO, AMELIA»En debutroman som inte bara är extremt löftesrik, utan en verklig bedrift, kanske ett smärre mästerverk.« PUNCH»Läs den om du vågar.« DAILY EXPRESS
Getingfabriken
AvIain Banks
E-bok
Svenska, 2012
99 kr
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Iain Banks debutroman är den våldsamma, groteska och svart komiska berättelsen om den psykopatiske tonåringen och flerfaldige mördaren Frank som bor tillsammans med sin pappa på en ö utanför Skottlands kust. Där ägnar han sig åt makabra, rituella djuroffer - titeln Getingfabriken syftar på en avancerad anordning som involverar levande getingar - medan han inväntar sin halvbror Eric som är på rymmen från ett mentalsjukhus.Boken väckte starka reaktioner när den kom ut 1984. En del betraktade den som ett smaklöst frosseri i grymhet och våld, medan den på andra håll lyftes fram som en storslagen debut. »Briljant, oemotståndlig, fängslande«, skrev till exempel New York Times recensent. När den brittiska dagstidningen The Independent ett antal år senare valde ut århundradets 100 bästa romaner fanns Getingfabriken med på listan.IAIN BANKS föddes 1954 i Dunfermline i Skottland. Efter den stora uppmärksamhet han väckte med Getingfabriken [The Wasp Factory, 1984] har han skrivit en lång rad böcker, dels mainstreamromaner, dels internationellt storsäljande science fiction-romaner under namnvariationen Iain M. Banks. 2005 tilldelades han science fiction-genrens finaste pris, The Hugo Award, för romanen The Algebraist.»En gotisk skräckhistoria av helt exceptionell kvalitet. Makaber, bisarr och omöjlig att lägga ifrån sig.« FINANCIAL TIMES»Förmodligen är det här den mest ondskefulla och läskiga bok jag någonsin läst.« QUETZALA BLANCO, AMELIA»En debutroman som inte bara är extremt löftesrik, utan en verklig bedrift, kanske ett smärre mästerverk.« PUNCH»Läs den om du vågar.« DAILY EXPRESS
Whit
AvIain Banks
Häftad, Engelska, 2013
142 kr
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar
A little knowledge can be a very dangerous thing...Innocent in the ways of the world, an ingenue when it comes to pop and fashion, the Elect of God of a small but committed Stirlingshire religious cult: Isis Whit is no ordinary teenager. When her cousin Morag - Guest of Honour at the Luskentyrian's four-yearly Festival of Love - disappears after renouncing her faith, Isis is marked out to venture among the Unsaved and bring the apostate back into the fold. But the road to Babylondon (as Sister Angela puts it) is a treacherous one, particularly when Isis discovers that Morag appears to have embraced the ways of the Unsaved with spectacular abandon...Truth and falsehood; kinship and betrayal; 'herbal' cigarettes and compact discs - Whit is an exploration of the techno-ridden barrenness of modern Britain from a unique perspective.
Transition
AvIain Banks
Häftad, Engelska, 2013
145 kr
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar
Imagine a world that is one of infinite parallel worlds, that hangs suspended between triumph and catastrophe, the dismantling of the Wall and the fall of the Twin Towers, in the shadow of suicide terrorism and global financial collapse. Presiding over this world is the Concern, an all-powerful organisation whose operatives possess extraordinary powers. There is Temudjin Oh, an unkillable assassin who journeys between the high passes of Nepal, a version of Victorian London and a wintry Venice; Adrian Cubbish, restlessly greedy City trader; and the Philosopher, a state-sponsored torturer who moves between the time zones with sinister ease. Transition is a high-definition, hyper-real apocalyptic fable for terrible times.
Raw Spirit
In Search of the Perfect Dram
AvIain Banks
Inbunden, Engelska, 2019
226 kr
Skickas
New introduction by Ian Rankin_________________________________________‘One of the most playful and entertaining writers of our generation’ Val McDermid, GuardianIn an absorbing voyage as interesting to non-drinkers as to true whisky connoisseurs, sci-fi and literary author Iain Banks explores the rich heritage of Scottish whisky, from the most famous distilleries to the most obscure operations.Whisky is more than a drink: it's a culture that binds together people, places and products far across Scotland's rugged terrain. Switching from cars to ferries to bicycles, Banks criss-crosses his homeland, weaving an engrossing narrative full of fascinating traditions, peculiar people, and the downright bizarre places he encounters on his journey down Scotland's great golden road.'The book I return to most often . . . It's is like slipping into a warm bath.'James Graham, THE TIMES (playwright and creator of ITV's Quiz)'Filled withinsightful and witty observations . . . this is a rip-roaringand informative delve into the unique history and enduring appeal of this iconic spirit.'VISIT SCOTLAND, 9 'must read' books
Bridge
AvIain Banks
Häftad, Engelska, 2013
145 kr
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar
'A stunning book. Banks' powerful imagination is joined to a rare ability to be truly funny while exploring a nightmare world' Sunday TimesA man lies in a coma after a near-fatal accident. His body broken, his memory vanished, he finds himself in the surreal world of the bridge - a world free of the usual constraints of time and space, a world where dream and fantasy, past and future, fuse. Who is this man? Where is he? Is he more dead than alive? Or has he never been so alive before?Praise for Iain Banks:'The most imaginative novelist of his generation' The Times'His verve and talent will always be recognised, and his work will always find and enthral new readers' Ken MacLeod, Guardian'His work was mordant, surreal, and fiercely intelligent' Neil Gaiman'An exceptional wordsmith' Scotsman
Business
AvIain Banks
Häftad, Engelska, 2013
145 kr
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'A poisoned bonbon, a bitter fairy tale' IndependentKate Telman is a senior executive officer in The Business, a powerful and massively discreet transglobal organisation. Financially transparent, internally democratic and disavowing conventional familial inheritance, the character of The Business seems, even to Kate, to be vague to the point of invisibility. It possesses, allegedly, a book of Leonardo cartoons, several sets of Crown Jewels and wants to buy its own State in order to acquire a seat at the United Nations.Kate's job is to keep abreast of current technological developments and her global reach encompasses Silicon Valley, a ranch in Nebraska, the firm's secretive Swiss headquarters, and a remote Himalayan principality. In the course of her journey Kate must peel away layers of emotional insulation and the assumptions of a lifetime. She must learn to keep her world at arm's length. To take control, she has to do The Business.Praise for Iain Banks:'The most imaginative novelist of his generation' The Times'His verve and talent will always be recognised, and his work will always find and enthral new readers' Ken MacLeod, Guardian'His work was mordant, surreal, and fiercely intelligent' Neil Gaiman'An exceptional wordsmith' Scotsman
Canal Dreams
AvIain Banks
Häftad, Engelska, 2013
145 kr
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar
'Banks once again demonstrates his extraordinary dark powers of imagination' Sunday TimesHisako Onada, world-famous cellist, refuses to fly. And so she travels to Europe as a passenger on a tanker bound through the Panama Canal. But Panama is a country whose politics are as volatile as the local freedom fighters. When Hisako's ship is captured, it is not long before the atmosphere is as flammable as an oxy-acetylene torch, and the tension as sharp as the spike on the cello...Praise for Iain Banks:'The most imaginative novelist of his generation' The Times'His verve and talent will always be recognised, and his work will always find and enthral new readers' Ken MacLeod, Guardian'His work was mordant, surreal, and fiercely intelligent' Neil Gaiman'An exceptional wordsmith' Scotsman
Steep Approach To Garbadale
AvIain Banks
Häftad, Engelska, 2013
145 kr
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'As good as anything Banks has ever written, if not better' Sunday TelegraphAfter years of exile, Alban Wopuld has been summoned back to his family's highland estate, Garbadale. The Wopuld clan are closing ranks. They have built their fortune on the boardgame Empire! - which has become a hugely successful computer game - and now the Americans want to buy them out. As the family gathers for their Extraordinary General Meeting, old grudges, forbidden passions and dark secrets emerge. What drove Alban's mother to take her own life? And is Alban over Sophie, his bewitching cousin and teenage love?Praise for Iain Banks:'The most imaginative novelist of his generation' The Times'His verve and talent will always be recognised, and his work will always find and enthral new readers' Ken MacLeod, Guardian'His work was mordant, surreal, and fiercely intelligent' Neil Gaiman'An exceptional wordsmith' Scotsman
Dead Air
AvIain Banks
Häftad, Engelska, 2013
145 kr
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar
'A deeply satirical and thought-provoking thriller' Sunday ExpressA couple of ice cubes, first, then the apple that really started it all. A loft apartment in London's East End; cool but doomed, demolition and redevelopment slated for the following week. Ken Nott, devoutly contrarian leftish shock-jock attending a mid-week wedding lunch, starts dropping stuff off the roof towards the deserted car park a hundred feet below. Other guests join in and soon half the contents of the flat are following the fruit towards the pitted tarmac... just as mobiles start to ring, and the apartment's remaining TV is turned on, because apparently a plane has crashed into the World Trade Center... Praise for Iain Banks:'The most imaginative novelist of his generation' The Times'His verve and talent will always be recognised, and his work will always find and enthral new readers' Ken MacLeod, Guardian'His work was mordant, surreal, and fiercely intelligent' Neil Gaiman'An exceptional wordsmith' Scotsman
Espedair Street
AvIain Banks
Häftad, Engelska, 2013
145 kr
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar
Daniel Weir used to be a famous - not to say infamous - rock star. Maybe still is. At thirty-one he has been both a brilliant failure and a dull success. He's made a lot of mistakes that have paid off and a lot of smart moves he'll regret forever (however long that turns out to be). Daniel Weir has gone from rags to riches and back, and managed to hold onto them both, though not much else. His friends all seem to be dead, fed up with him or just disgusted - and who can blame them? And now Daniel Weir is all alone. As he contemplates his life, Daniel realises he only has two problems: the past and the future. He knows how bad the past has been. But the future - well, the future is something else.
The Crow Road
'One of the best opening lines of any novel' Guardian
AvIain Banks
Häftad, Engelska, 2031
149 kr
Kommande
'The most imaginative novelist of his generation' The Times'His masterpiece' Jay Rayner'Self-deprecating, funny and hopelessly self-deceiving' Daily Telegraph'One of the best opening lines of any novel' Guardian'It was the day my grandmother exploded. I sat in the crematorium, listening to my Uncle Hamish quietly snoring in harmony to Bach's Mass in B Minor, and I reflected that it always seemed to be death that drew me back to Gallanach.'Prentice McHoan has returned to the bosom of his complex but enduring Scottish family. Full of questions about the McHoan past, present and future, he is also deeply preoccupied: mainly with death, sex, drink, God and illegal substances...
The Wasp Factory
AvIain Banks
Häftad, Engelska, 2025
212 kr
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Complicity
AvIain Banks
E-bok
Engelska, 2008
50 kr
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''Ingenious, daring and brilliant'' Guardian
COMPLICITY N. 1. THE FACT OF BEING AN ACCOMPLICE, ESP. IN A CRIMINAL ACT
A few spliffs, a spot of mild S&M, phone through the copy for tomorrow''s front page, catch up with the latest from your mystery source - could be big, could be very big - in fact, just a regular day at the office for free-wheeling, substance-abusing Cameron Colley, a fully paid-up Gonzo hack on an Edinburgh newspaper.
Prentice McHoan has returned to the bosom of his complex but enduring Scottish family. Full of questions about the McHoan past, present and future, he is also deeply preoccupied: mainly with death, sex, drink, God and illegal substances...
Praise for Iain Banks:
''The most imaginative novelist of his generation'' The Times
''His verve and talent will always be recognised, and his work will always find and enthral new readers'' Ken MacLeod, Guardian
''His work was mordant, surreal, and fiercely intelligent'' Neil Gaiman
''An exceptional wordsmith'' Scotsman
Iain Banks: A BBC Radio Collection
Including The Wasp Factory, The State of the Art & Espedair Street
AvIain Banks
Ljudbok
Engelska, 2025
186 kr
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Selected readings and full-cast dramatisations from across the literary and science fiction of Iain BanksIain Banks, aka Iain M Banks, came to fame in 1984 with his transfixing debut The Wasp Factory, described as both ‘a work of unparalleled depravity’ and ''a masterpiece''. In 1993 he was acknowledged as one of the Best of Young British Writers, and his numerous bestselling books include The Crow Road, Complicity and the ‘Culture’ sci-fi series. Collected here are three of his best works, as heard on BBC Radio.The Wasp Factory – Iain Banks’ controversial first novel features one of literature’s most unsettling teenage boys. Sixteen-year-old Frank invites us inside his macabre world, as he describes experimenting with explosives, torturing insects – and killing his relatives. But he is not alone in his madness – his brother, Angus, has escaped from a psychiatric hospital and is making his way back home… Joseph McFadden reads this blackly comic cult classic, abridged by multi-award-winning playwright Craig Warner.The State of the Art – Arriving on Earth in 1977, the Culture ship Arbitrary finds a planet on the brink of self-destruction, obsessed with alien concepts such as ‘property’ and ‘money’. When agent Dervley Linter decides to go native, can Diziet Sma change his mind? Antony Sher, Nina Sosanya and Paterson Joseph star in this thrilling sci-fi novella, adapted for radio by Doctor Who writer Paul Cornell.Espedair Street – Told in the style of a Radio 1 documentary, Paul Gambaccini presents the story behind the spectacular rise and tragic fall of the fictional 1970s mega-band, Frozen Gold – from the album deal that set a rock industry record, to the mysterious deaths of two of the band members. At the centre of it all is Weird, the songwriting genius from a Paisley housing scheme, who suddenly finds himself living a life of sex, drugs and rock ‘n roll… Starring John-Gordon Sinclair, Louise Beattie, James MacPherson and Steven McNicoll, and featuring original music by Iain Banks.Text copyright © Iain Banks 1984 (The Wasp Factory), 1987 (Espedair Street)The State of the Art copyright © Iain M Banks 1989The Wasp FactoryRead by Joseph McFaddenAbridged by Craig WarnerProduced by Alex BurrettFirst broadcast BBC Radio 4, 25 March-5 April 1997The State of the ArtThe Ship – Antony SherDiziet Sma – Nina SosanyaDervley Linter – Paterson JosephLi – Graeme HawleyTel – Brigit ForsythSodel – Conrad NelsonDramatised by Paul CornellDirected by Nadia MolinariFirst broadcast BBC Radio 4, 5 March 2009Espedair StreetWeird – John Gordon SinclairChristine – Louise BeattieDavey – James MacPhersonRic – Steven McNicollMcCann – Sandy MortonJean Webb – Margaret ClarkWes – Douglas RussellWee Tommy – Martin DochertyInez – Gowan CalderNightclub manager – Graham DebanziPop biographer – Paul GambacciniDramatised by Joe DunlopMusic by lain Banks and Nigel ClarkKeyboards: Brian Kellock, Guitar: Nick Clark, Drums: Gordon Wilson, Vocals: Monica QueenDirected by Dave BatchelorFirst broadcast BBC Radio 4, 8-29 January 2008© 2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd
Stonemouth
The Sunday Times Bestseller
AvIain Banks
Häftad, Engelska, 2013
145 kr
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar
'Utterly absorbing... addictive, funny and brilliantly observed' Daily MailStewart Gilmour is back in Stonemouth, the estuary town north of Aberdeen that on a bleak day can seem to offer little more than sea-fog, gangsters, cheap drugs and a suspension bridge irresistible to suicides. After a five-year exile, Stewart's presence is required at the funeral of patriarch Joe Murston, even though the last time Stu saw the Murstons he was running for his life. But Stonemouth is also home to the girl who still haunts his dreams.... Praise for Iain Banks:'The most imaginative novelist of his generation' The Times'His verve and talent will always be recognised, and his work will always find and enthral new readers' Ken MacLeod, Guardian'His work was mordant, surreal, and fiercely intelligent' Neil Gaiman'An exceptional wordsmith' Scotsman
Quarry
The Sunday Times Bestseller
AvIain Banks
Häftad, Engelska, 2014
145 kr
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar
'A quietly incendiary piece of writing, at times heartbreaking, at other times really wonderfully funny... a profoundly humane, funny and smart novel' IndependentA dying man and his only son. Six old friends. A missing videotape. And a reunion in a crumbling house on the edge of The Quarry. Praise for Iain Banks: 'The most imaginative novelist of his generation' The Times'His verve and talent will always be recognised, and his work will always find and enthral new readers' Ken MacLeod, Guardian'His work was mordant, surreal, and fiercely intelligent' Neil Gaiman'An exceptional wordsmith' Scotsman
Complicity
AvIain Banks
Häftad, Engelska, 2013
145 kr
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar
'Ingenious, daring and brilliant' GuardianCOMPLICITY N. 1. THE FACT OF BEING AN ACCOMPLICE, ESP. IN A CRIMINAL ACTA few spliffs, a spot of mild S&M, phone through the copy for tomorrow's front page, catch up with the latest from your mystery source - could be big, could be very big - in fact, just a regular day at the office for free-wheeling, substance-abusing Cameron Colley, a fully paid-up Gonzo hack on an Edinburgh newspaper.Prentice McHoan has returned to the bosom of his complex but enduring Scottish family. Full of questions about the McHoan past, present and future, he is also deeply preoccupied: mainly with death, sex, drink, God and illegal substances... Praise for Iain Banks:'The most imaginative novelist of his generation' The Times'His verve and talent will always be recognised, and his work will always find and enthral new readers' Ken MacLeod, Guardian'His work was mordant, surreal, and fiercely intelligent' Neil Gaiman'An exceptional wordsmith' Scotsman
Crow Road
'One of the best opening lines of any novel' Guardian
AvIain Banks
Häftad, Engelska, 2013
145 kr
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar
From its bravura opening onwards, THE CROW ROAD is justly regarded as an outstanding contemporary novel. 'It was the day my grandmother exploded. I sat in the crematorium, listening to my Uncle Hamish quietly snoring in harmony to Bach's Mass in B Minor, and I reflected that it always seemed to be death that drew me back to Gallanach.' Prentice McHoan has returned to the bosom of his complex but enduring Scottish family. Full of questions about the McHoan past, present and future, he is also deeply preoccupied: mainly with death, sex, drink, God and illegal substances...
Song Of Stone
The No.1 Bestseller
AvIain Banks
Häftad, Engelska, 2013
145 kr
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar
'Exhilarating... a work of imagination and arresting originality' Sunday TelegraphThe war is ending, perhaps ended... For the castle and its occupants the troubles are just beginning. Armed gangs roam its lawless land, where each farm and house supports a column of dark smoke. Taking to the roads with the other refugees, anonymous in their raggedness, seems safer than remaining in the ancient keep. But the lieutenant of an outlaw band has other ideas, and the castle becomes the focus for a dangerous game of desire, deceit and death... Praise for Iain Banks:'The most imaginative novelist of his generation' The Times'His verve and talent will always be recognised, and his work will always find and enthral new readers' Ken MacLeod, Guardian'His work was mordant, surreal, and fiercely intelligent' Neil Gaiman'An exceptional wordsmith' Scotsman
Poems
AvIain Banks,Ken MacLeod
Häftad, Engelska, 2031
126 kr
Kommande
Iain Banks is celebrated as a novelist and science fiction writer. It is less well known that his first published work was the poem '041', in New Writing Scotland in 1983. Like the poems that appeared within his novels, this was selected from the many he had written between 1973 and 1981. Banks took his poetry seriously and worked on it assiduously, but showed it mostly to friends. He first thought of publishing his poetry late in 2012, though insisted it be a joint collection with his life-long friend Ken MacLeod. The two writers were working on this project when Banks learned of his terminal diagnosis, and continued thereafter. He made his final revisions just days before his death. Readers of Iain Banks' novels will find in the poems a further affirmation of the humane, sceptical and clear-eyed sensibility that informed all his work, shot through as ever with a dry wit that continues to disturb and delight. Ken MacLeod edited and introduces this collection.
Complicity
AvIain Banks
Häftad, Engelska, 2018
145 kr
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar
'Ingenious, daring and brilliant' GuardianCOMPLICITY N. 1. THE FACT OF BEING AN ACCOMPLICE, ESP. IN A CRIMINAL ACTA few spliffs, a spot of mild S&M, phone through the copy for tomorrow's front page, catch up with the latest from your mystery source - could be big, could be very big - in fact, just a regular day at the office for free-wheeling, substance-abusing Cameron Colley, a fully paid-up Gonzo hack on an Edinburgh newspaper.Prentice McHoan has returned to the bosom of his complex but enduring Scottish family. Full of questions about the McHoan past, present and future, he is also deeply preoccupied: mainly with death, sex, drink, God and illegal substances... Praise for Iain Banks:'The most imaginative novelist of his generation' The Times'His verve and talent will always be recognised, and his work will always find and enthral new readers' Ken MacLeod, Guardian'His work was mordant, surreal, and fiercely intelligent' Neil Gaiman'An exceptional wordsmith' Scotsman
The Wasp Factory
AvIain Banks
Häftad, Engelska, 2031
148 kr
Kommande
Enter - if you can bear it - the extraordinary private world of Frank, just sixteen, and unconventional, to say the least.
'Two years after I killed Blyth I murdered my young brother Paul, for quite different reasons than I'd disposed of Blyth, and then a year after that I did for my young cousin Esmerelda, more or less on a whim. That's my score to date. Three. I haven't killed anybody for years, and don't intend to ever again. It was just a stage I was going through.' 'A gothic horror story of quite exceptional quality... macabre, bizarre and quite impossible to put down' Financial Times'Read it if you dare' Daily Express'A brilliant book, barmy and barnacled with the grotesque' New Statesman'One of the most brilliant first novels I have come across' Telegraph
Song of Stone
A Novel
AvIain Banks
Häftad, Engelska, 1999
309 kr
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A European nation not unlike Bosnia: armed forces roam the lawless land where dark columns of smoke rise up from the surrounding farms and houses. The war is ending, perhaps ended. But for the castle and its occupants, a young lord and lady, the trouble is just beginning. Fearing an invasion of soldiers, the amorous couple takes to the road with the other refugees, disguised in rags. But the brutal female lieutenant of an outlaw band of guerrillas has other ideas. Just hours into their escape, the fleeing aristocrats are delivered back to the castle, where, now prisoners in their own home, they become pawns in the lieutenant's dangerous game of desire, deceit, and death. A Song of Stone demonstrates Iain Banks's unique ability to combine gripping narrative with a soaring, voyaging imagination. This noir fable confirms his reputation as the master of things dark and debauched. Singular, haunting, and viciously wry, A Song of Stone is a tour de force of contemporary fiction.
Complicity
AvIain Banks
Häftad, Engelska, 2002
318 kr
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Song Of Stone
The No.1 Bestseller
AvIain Banks
E-bok
Engelska, 2008
45 kr
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''Exhilarating... a work of imagination and arresting originality'' Sunday Telegraph
The war is ending, perhaps ended... For the castle and its occupants the troubles are just beginning. Armed gangs roam its lawless land, where each farm and house supports a column of dark smoke. Taking to the roads with the other refugees, anonymous in their raggedness, seems safer than remaining in the ancient keep. But the lieutenant of an outlaw band has other ideas, and the castle becomes the focus for a dangerous game of desire, deceit and death... Praise for Iain Banks:''The most imaginative novelist of his generation'' The Times''His verve and talent will always be recognised, and his work will always find and enthral new readers'' Ken MacLeod, Guardian''His work was mordant, surreal, and fiercely intelligent'' Neil Gaiman''An exceptional wordsmith'' Scotsman