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Each drawer, not much larger than a small matchbox, held the body of a wasp which had been through the factory. I havent killed anybody for years, and dont intend to ever again. According to banks, this allowed him to treat the story as something resembling science fiction. Lunatic soup a true story of murder mayhem and madness in. Iain banks has 26 books on goodreads with 293216 ratings. The wasp factory is his first book, and due to its popularity, is the reason banks was able to become a fulltime writer. Iain banks speaks to john mullan about his novel the wasp factory and takes questions from the audience at the guardian book club.
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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. Banks decided to try a more mainstream novel in the hopes that it would be more readily accepted, and wrote about a psychopathic teenager living on a remote scottish island. Lunatic soup a true story of murder mayhem and madness in maximum security. I didnt think it was a very original book but i still liked it and found it interesting. I was having a war at the timethe mussels against the dead flies i think it wasand while i was in the library poring over the book and trying to keep my eyes open. Pdf downloads of all 1282 litcharts literature guides. The wasp factory book by iain banks official publisher. A look into the harrowing, debut novel by iain banks, the wasp factory. Banks, including the initial of his adopted middle name menzies. Frank cauldhame, the teenager from whose viewpoint the book is related, lives a free lifestyle with his crippled father, eagerly awaiting the return home of. The wasp factory study guide literature guide litcharts. 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.
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The book opens with the news that eric has just escaped from the hospital, and is making his way back home. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Read three novels of iain banks online, read in mobile or kindle. His parents named him iain menzies banks but his father made a mistake when registering the birth and he was officially registered as iain banks. Before the publication of the wasp factory, banks had written several. The book was published in multiple languages including english language, consists of 192 pages and is available in paperback format. Download the book iain banks the wasp factory for free in a convenient format epub, pdf, fb2, mobi. Click download or read online button to get the wasp factory book now. Buy the wasp factory by iain banks online at alibris.
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