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The Wasp Factory

by Iain Banks

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What is it that Frank has hidden up in the attic that could possibly tell the future? What does his father keep locked away in his private study? And when will his mentally disturbed brother, who escaped from the asylum, get home? Iain Banks's first novel delivers a truly original mix of macabre humor and bizarre imagery. Not only is it a well-written page turner, but the ending will make you want to reread the whole book from the beginning again.
Recommended by Nate Ashley, Powell's City of Books

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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.

Review:

"One of the top 100 novels of the century." The Independent (London)

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"Brilliant...irresistible...compelling." The New York Times

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"A literary equivalent of the nastiest brand of juvenile delinquency." Times Literary Supplement (London)

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"Rubbish!" The Times (London)

About the Author

Iain Banks came to widespread and controversial public notice with the original publication of his first novel, The Wasp Factory, recently selected in a British poll as one of the top 100 novels of the century. Since then he has gained enormous popular and critical acclaim with further works of fiction and, as Iain M. Banks, science fiction. He lives in Scotland.

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darlingdestruction, September 2, 2006 (view all comments by darlingdestruction)
Fascinating book- gripping tale of gruesome horror and a peeled back image of tattered insight into the head of a teenager- a rare thing. Wonderfully written. Big fan of Banks.
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Life changing. I have not found a book as satisfying since.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780684853154
Author:
Banks, Iain
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster
Author:
Banks, Iain M.
Location:
New York, NY :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Horror
Subject:
Fathers and sons
Subject:
Teenage boys
Subject:
Psychological fiction
Subject:
Serial murders
Subject:
Murderers
Subject:
Psychopaths
Subject:
Murderers -- Scotland -- Fiction.
Subject:
General Fiction
Subject:
Horror - General
Subject:
General Fiction
Subject:
Scotland
Edition Description:
Trade paper
Publication Date:
September 1998
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
192
Dimensions:
8.00x5.32x.42 in. .36 lbs.

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