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Physical description; 259 pages ; 22 cm. Subjects; Fiction in English - 1945- - Texts.
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About the Author
Iain Banks came to widespread and controversial public notice with the publication of his first novel, THE WASP FACTORY in 1984. He has been a hugely popular writer of fiction ever since, and, as Iain M Banks, of science fiction.
From Publishers Weekly
Orr, the otherwise unnamed protagonist of this Pynchonesque novel, is a successful Scottish engineer who's a bit fed up with life: his work doesn't really interest him anymore; years of doping and boozing have dulled him; his girlfriend has other lovers (he does too, but he would rather she was monogamous). Then one evening he crashes his classic Jaguar into a parked MG. The aftermath is coma and months of amnesiac trance, a condition that Orr apparently comes to prefer. The reader, however, only understands all this towards the end of the novel. Virtually the whole of the narrative consists of Orr's trauma-induced hallucinations. The bridge of the title is a fantastically ramifying construct in Orr's brain resembling an outer-space city in a science fiction movie. Banks's ( The Player of Games ) novel is satire, and its target turns out to be the British Isles' equivalent of American "yuppies." Deploying a wide range of stylistic devices, the narrative condemns fiercely an overly mechanistic society and its self-referential ethos.
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- PublisherMacmillan
- Publication date1986
- ISBN 10 0333412850
- ISBN 13 9780333412855
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages224
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A Uk 1st Edition 1st Printing hardback book indicated on the copyright page with no further printings mentioned. This is an ex-library copy with library markings inside the book. - The book is in fair condition. It has a push to the top and bottom of the spine, which also has a reading crease running from the top to bottom. Some light bumps to the boards. Sunning to the page block, with a pen mark to the top of it near the spine. Internally, the book has a library card and barcode to the front free endpaper, some marking to the title page and two library stamps to the copyright page. - The dust jacket is in good condition and has not been price clipped, but there is a tear through the price. Evidence of either tape or water staining to the edge of both flaps. Significant fading to the spine cover (to about 50% of the rest of the cover). Ruffling to the top and bottom, but otherwise good. Seller Inventory # ABE-1579779181595
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Hard Cover. Condition: F. Dust Jacket Condition: F-. Reprint. F/F-. 8vo. original blue boards gilt (paperstock slightly tanned, as usual) in dustwrapper priced £9.95 net (spine and top edge sunning); pp. 260 (last blank). A near fine copy. Seller Inventory # 029712
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Publisher: Macmillan, London, 1986. First Edition, First Printing. FINE hardcover book in FINE- dust-jacket. Pages toning. NOT remainder marked. NOT price-clipped. NOT faded. NOT a book club edition. NOT an ex-library copy. All of our books with dust-jackets are shipped in fresh, archival-safe mylar protective sleeves. Seller Inventory # SKU1012563
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. This is the UK first edition, reprinted before publication, in fine/fine condition. A very pleasing and collectible copy. Seller Inventory # 003320
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