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Iain Banks - The Business - 9780349112459 - KKD0005161
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The Business

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Description for The Business Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Kate 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 ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349112459
SKU
KKD0005161
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-2

About Iain Banks
Iain Banks came to widespread and controversial notice with the publication of THE WASP FACTORY, in 1984, and has since gained enormous popular and critical acclaim. In 1993 he was acknowledged as one of the Best of Young British Writers.

Reviews for The Business
Consistently engaging...From its hilarious opening, a telephone conversation with a man who has lost his teeth, to the touching finale...it hardly misses a beat. SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'Slick and streetwise. SUNDAY TIMES Bank s' ability to make you feel you're there remains as sharp as ever. TIME OUT '...a slick, blend of thriller, dark comedy and offbeat love story, bursting with ... Read more

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