{"product_id":"9780349147161","title":"The Wasp Factory","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Iain Banks\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 11\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e July 2024 by Little, Brown Book Group (Abacus) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 256 pages \u003cbr\u003e222mm x 138mm | 500g\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e40th anniversary edition of Iain Banks' classic debut novel THE WASP FACTORY, with an introduction by Neil Gaiman\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A gothic horror story of quite exceptional quality' \u003cem\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Two years after I killed Blyth I murdered my young brother Paul, for quite different reasons than I'd disposed of Blyth, and then a year after that I did for my young cousin Esmerelda, more or less on a whim. That's my score to date. Three. I haven't killed anybody for years, and don't intend to ever again. It was just a stage I was going through.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEnter - if you can bear it - the extraordinary private world of Frank, just sixteen, and unconventional, to say the least.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for Iain Banks\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'The most imaginative novelist of his generation' \u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'His verve and talent will always be recognised, and his work will always find and enthral new readers' \u003cem\u003eKen MacLeod, Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'His work was mordant, surreal, and fiercely intelligent' \u003cem\u003eNeil Gaiman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'An exceptional wordsmith' \u003cem\u003eScotsman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41422380204167,"sku":"9780349147161","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9780349147161.jpg?v=1721740980","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.co.uk\/products\/9780349147161","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}