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The Steep Approach to Garbadale
Iain Banks
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Description for The Steep Approach to Garbadale
Paperback. Dark family secrets and a passionate love affair, full of his trademark warmth, humanity and ingenuity, Iain Banks's classic novel is reissued with a striking new cover Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 286.
After years of exile, Alban Wopuld has been summoned back to his family's highland estate, Garbadale. The Wopuld clan are closing ranks. They have built their fortune on the boardgame Empire! - which has become a hugely successful computer game - and now the Americans want to buy them out.
As the family gathers for their Extraordinary General Meeting, old grudges, forbidden passions and dark secrets emerge. What drove Alban's mother to take her own life? And is Alban over Sophie, his bewitching cousin ... Read more Show Less
'As good as anything Banks has ever written, if not better' Sunday Telegraph
After years of exile, Alban Wopuld has been summoned back to his family's highland estate, Garbadale. The Wopuld clan are closing ranks. They have built their fortune on the boardgame Empire! - which has become a hugely successful computer game - and now the Americans want to buy them out.
As the family gathers for their Extraordinary General Meeting, old grudges, forbidden passions and dark secrets emerge. What drove Alban's mother to take her own life? And is Alban over Sophie, his bewitching cousin ... Read more Show Less
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349139142
SKU
V9780349139142
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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About Iain Banks
Iain Banks came to widespread and controversial public notice with the publication of his first novel, The Wasp Factory, in 1984. He gained enormous popular and critical acclaim for both his mainstream and his science fiction novels. Iain Banks died in June 2013.
Reviews for The Steep Approach to Garbadale
As good as anything Banks has ever written, if not better
Sunday Telegraph
Chock-a-block with the author's inimitable quirky magic
Financial Times
What Banks serves up is both unanticipated and terrifying. The fates of his characters are genuinely affecting
Evening Standard
Compellingly, beautifully crafted... A fascinating read
New Books Magazine
Banks still ... Read more
Sunday Telegraph
Chock-a-block with the author's inimitable quirky magic
Financial Times
What Banks serves up is both unanticipated and terrifying. The fates of his characters are genuinely affecting
Evening Standard
Compellingly, beautifully crafted... A fascinating read
New Books Magazine
Banks still ... Read more