![]() ![]() ![]() Iain Banks is one of our most talented writers and his crisp, skilled, original style and imagination make this a really good book. But I wish that he had written more mainstream books (if that is an appropriate term for someone as gifted as him), as sci-fi generally isn't for me and makes his work a little exclusive. In many ways I can understand why Banks decided to go down the science-fiction route, creating strange worlds obviously came easy to him. It is a disturbing and sometimes harrowing story, in places quite horrific, unpredictable, very dark. I was grabbed from page one, always wondering what would happen next. How on Earth did he dream up that concept?īanks has an easy style, very much the voice of the narrator. Oh yes, and the actual 'wasp factory' itself. 3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed at the packaging. There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Totally unexpected twist at the end, too. Amazon.in - Buy The Wasp Factory: A Novel book online at best prices in India on Amazon.in. Without sensationalism or being overly gory, sometimes I had to re-read sections because I wasn't sure what I had just read, as it was so bizarre with a strange logic. In his matter-of-fact style he explains how he tortures animals and the murder of young children. There are the usual things: eating, carefully shaving, making explosions, getting drunk, making kites.The relevance comes later. This story in one way seems very mundane as it follows the daily events of a teenager. ![]()
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