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Iain Banks - The Quarry - 9781408703946 - KSG0029240
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The Quarry

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Description for The Quarry Hardback. The new novel from Iain Banks, the bestselling author of The Wasp Factory. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 166 x 30. Weight in Grams: 564. First edition. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW showing light shelf wear, remains a very good copy

Kit doesn't know who his mother is. What he does know, however, is that his father, Guy, is dying of cancer. Feeling his death is imminent, Guy gathers around him his oldest friends - or at least the friends with the most to lose by his death. Paul - the rising star in the Labour party who dreads the day a tape they all made at university might come to light; Alison and Robbie, corporate bunnies whose relationship is daily more fractious; Pris and Haze, once an item, now estranged, and finally Hol - friend, mentor, former lover and the ... Read more

But what will happen to Kit when Guy is gone? And why isn't Kit's mother in the picture? As the friends reunite for Guy's last days, old jealousies, affairs and lies come to light as Kit watches on.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
Used, Very Good
1st Edition
Yes
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408703946
SKU
KSG0029240
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

About Iain Banks
Iain Banks came to widespread and controversial public notice with the publication of his first novel, THE WASP FACTORY, in 1984. He gained enormous popular and critical acclaim for both his mainstream and his science fiction novels. Iain Banks died in June 2013.

Reviews for The Quarry
Eerily compelling
William Leith
Evening Standard
The Quarry is not a book to be afraid of. It is a novel shot through with Banks' trademark humour, political engagement and humour . . . Banks has always been adept at evoking friendship, with its illogical loyalties and messes
Louise Welsh
The Times
It's a sign ... Read more

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