The Quarry
The Sunday Times Bestseller
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4.0 • 58 Ratings
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- £2.99
Publisher Description
'A quietly incendiary piece of writing, at times heartbreaking, at other times really wonderfully funny... a profoundly humane, funny and smart novel' Independent
A dying man and his only son.
Six old friends.
A missing videotape.
And a reunion in a crumbling house on the edge of The Quarry.
Praise for Iain Banks:
'The most imaginative novelist of his generation' The Times
'His verve and talent will always be recognised, and his work will always find and enthral new readers' Ken MacLeod, Guardian
'His work was mordant, surreal, and fiercely intelligent' Neil Gaiman
'An exceptional wordsmith' Scotsman
Customer Reviews
Iain Banks - genius
I have read all of Iain's books and all of them have been my favourite as soon as I finished them. This is no exception. The Quarry is full of typical Banks qualities; dark humour, characters with true depth, often bleak yet inspiring landscapes, honest and insightful socio-political comment and most importantly, a thick and twisted plot line which draws you in and never let's go until the final page. After the book is finished you find yourself thinking about the characters now and the story untold (and never to be told). Some like resolution in novels but Banks' is aware that a story is just a moment revealed in the middle of a lifetime and indeed of a history. He dies too soon and he is sadly missed. Iain, I raise my glass to you. Your work has touched me and changed me. And I'm so sad that this will be your last.
Brilliant.
Sorely missed already. Farewell Iain.