Iain 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.
"The Quarry is a satisfying end to a fine writing career."--Sunday
Express
"The Quarry is an honorable finale to an exciting career."--The
Guardian
"The Quarry is...a novel shot through with Banks's trademark humor,
political engagement, and hope."--The Times, Book of the Week
"A compelling, raw book. Well-told, like all his books."--Evening
Standard
"A goodbye letter to the world and all of its wonder and
terror."--Cory Doctorow, boingboing.net
"A powerful and affecting book. The Quarry reaches a pitch of
emotion that only a reader made of granite could read without
tears."--Sunday Herald
"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
"Iain Banks's gift to us over nearly 30 books, a brilliant,
piercing depiction of just how funny, stupid, pointless,
infuriating, glorious, mind-bending, and inane life can be. And
that's why he's been a constant inspiration to me as a novelist and
a human being."--Independent on Sunday
"In Banks we had a novelist of supreme subtlety and one who...had
an irrepressible sense of fun, that is evident on every page of The
Quarry."--The Independent
"It's the testimony of a writer refusing to go quietly, Iain Banks
has got the last word."--The Sunday Times
"Remarkable."--The Scotsman
"Some of the funniest writing Banks has ever produced. A writer who
has the rare gift of being infallibly entertaining."--The
Telegraph
"The book should comfort his fans in many ways, not least the
rather hopeful ending and the almost belligerent way in which Guy
remains true to his beliefs. Iain Banks may have just missed seeing
his last book on the shelves but he can rest safe in the knowledge
that what he has bequeathed us is something very fitting for such a
stand-out career."--Express (4 Star Review)
"This is a novel that's perched at the dangerous edge of things,
looking down. It's an urgent novel and an important one."--The
Observer
"This is vintage Banks, full of heart, black comedy, and vitriol,
and is sure to delight his fans."--Sunday Mirror
"With its deadpan teen narrator and stern rural backdrop, it is
hard not to find in The Quarry a trace of Banks's enduring debut
novel The Wasp Factory and with it the closing of a literary
circle... The Quarry is a fitting valediction."--TLS, review
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