Edinburgh City Reads: Iain Banks

Edinburgh Central Library
Reference Reading Room, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh
6.30pm
Free, booking required

"Baroque, digressive, kinetic, teeming with big ideas and grand theories, it’s a novel to get lost in ... gripping" The Times on Transition

The second of the Edinburgh City Reads, Central Library’s new events series, explores the work of one of Scotland’s most successful contemporary authors. Iain Banks has written over twenty books and enjoyed great success in his career with titles such as The Crow Road, The Wasp Factory, The Steep Approach to Garbadale and his most recent, Transition. His success is unique in that it has been achieved in two genres: literary fiction; and the science fiction books written under the name Iain M Banks. He will be discussing his career and work with Alan Taylor, writer and journalist, who will be coaxing the best from Banks. There will be a reading, an audience Q&A, and a book signing.

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  The Crow Road - Iain Banks - Paperback
  Prentice McHoan has returned to the bosom of his complex but enduring Scottish family. Relations with his father are strained, his brother is funnier and better-looking than he is, and the woman of his dreams is out of reach.
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  The Steep Approach To Garbadale - Iain Banks - Paperback
  Dark family secrets, a long-lost love affair and a multi-million pound gaming business lie at the heart of this Iain Banks' novel.
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  Transition - Iain Banks - Hardback
  A world that hangs suspended between triumph & catastrophe, between the dismantling of the Wall & the fall of the Twin Towers, frozen in the shadow of suicide terrorism & global financial collapse, such a world requires a firm hand & a guiding light. But does it need the Concern?
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  The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks - Paperback
  Frank, no ordinary 16-year-old, lives with his father outside a remote Scottish village. His elder brother Eric is confined to a psychiatric hospital. When news comes of Eric's escape, Frank has to prepare the ground for his brother's inevitable return.

The event is FREE and complimentary drinks will be served. Booking is essential, email events@edinburghcityreads.net