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Overview"Eighteen-year-old Kit is weird: big, strange, odd, socially disabled, on a spectrum that stretches from ""highly gifted"" at one end, to ""nutter"" at the other. At least Kit knows who his father is; he and Guy live together in a decaying country house on the unstable brink of a vast quarry. His mother's identity is another matter. Now, though, his father's dying, and old friends are gathering for one last time. ""Uncle"" Paul's a media lawyer now; Rob and Ali are upwardly mobile corporate bunnies; pretty, hopeful Pris is a single mother; Haze is still living up to his drug-inspired name twenty years on; and fierce, protective Hol is a gifted if acerbic critic. As young film students they lived at Willoughtree House with Guy, and they've all come back because they want something. Kit, too, has his own ulterior motives. Before his father dies he wants to know who his mother is, and what's on the mysterious tape they're all looking for. But most of all he wants to stop time and keep his father alive. Fast-paced, gripping and savagely funny, The Quarry is a virtuoso performance whose soaring riffs on the inexhaustible marvel of human perception and rage against the dying of the light will stand among Iain Banks' greatest work." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Iain M BanksPublisher: Little, Brown & Company Imprint: Little, Brown & Company Dimensions: Width: 13.70cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 20.80cm Weight: 0.272kg ISBN: 9780316281836ISBN 10: 0316281832 Pages: 336 Publication Date: 15 April 2014 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsA goodbye letter to the world and all of its wonder and terror. --Cory Doctorow, boingboing.net Banks was an extraordinary writer; in straight literary fiction and in his science fiction novels, he engaged the world with passion... For good reason, Banks's many fans will devour this book. Library Journal Banks was an extraordinary writer; in straight literary fiction and in his science fiction novels, he engaged the world with passion... For good reason, Banks's many fans will devour this book. <b><i><i>Library Journal</i></b></i> Author InformationIain Banks came to widespread and controversial public notice with the publication of his first novel, The Wasp Factory, in 1984. Consider Phlebas, his first science fiction novel, was published under the name Iain M. Banks in 1987 and began his celebrated ten-book Culture series. He is acclaimed as one of the most powerful, innovative and exciting writers of his generation. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |