The Wasp Factory
Banks, Iain
From Jusara Book Shop IOBA, Canandaigua, NY, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller Since February 17, 2010
From Jusara Book Shop IOBA, Canandaigua, NY, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller Since February 17, 2010
About this Item
Inscribed "To Steve from Iain Banks 27/10/88 Frank sez: hi, Steve" on the title page. Would be VG+ but for some heavy edge wear to the top front edge and bottom front corner of the wrapper. Shelf wear also to front hinge, and minor edge wear in general. Otherwise clean inside and out. Seller Inventory # 000563
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Wasp Factory
Publisher: Futura Publications, London and Sydney
Publication Date: 1985
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: VG-
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
About this title
Those lines begin one of the most infamous of contemporary Scottish novels. The narrator, Frank Cauldhame, is a weird teenager who lives on a tiny island connected to mainland Scotland by a bridge. He maintains grisly Sacrifice Poles to serve as his early warning system and deterrent against anyone who might invade his territory.
Few novelists have ever burst onto the literary scene with as much controversy as Iain Banks in 1984. The Wasp Factory was reviled by many reviewers on account of its violence and sadism, but applauded by others as a new and Scottish voice--that is, a departure from the English literary tradition. The controversy is a bit puzzling in retrospect, because there is little to object to in this novel, if you're familiar with genre horror.
The Wasp Factory is distinguished by an authentically felt and deftly written first-person style, delicious dark humor, a sense of the surreal, and a serious examination of the psyche of a childhood psychopath. Most readers will find that they sympathize with and even like Frank, despite his three murders (each of which is hilarious in an Edward Gorey fashion). It's a classic of contemporary horror. --Fiona Webster
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