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On the non-science fiction side, The Wasp Factory is also great, as is Crow Road and Complicity (if you want something closer to a crime thriller).
by MikeCapone 13y ago
On the non-science fiction side, The Wasp Factory is also great, as is Crow Road and Complicity (if you want something closer to a crime thriller).
- Fuzzwah 13y agoI am a huge Banks fan, but I really didn't enjoy The Wasp Factory.
- nsns 13y agoI think the Wasp Factory, although obviously well written, was mostly functional, it got Banks the recognition he deserved, and initiated his literary career. He did write other novels before it, which only got published afterwards, and at least during his first creative decade, was highly creative and very ambitious (Against A Dark Background, The Crow Road, etc. all very ambitious works).
- misnome 13y agoI also found "The Business" a very good book, that should be good for people starting to read him.
- crapshoot101 13y agoThat was the one novel I could not stand of his - I almost thought it was written as a parody.
- adw 13y agoThe Crow Road is my favourite book. It might speak more to Scots – I don't know – but it's wonderful.
- RachelF 13y agoIMHO his non-scifi, is good. The Wasp Factory is pure genius.