{"product_id":"the-quarry-9780349138596","title":"The Quarry","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ch3\u003e''A quietly incendiary piece of writing, at times heartbreaking, at other times really wonderfully funny... a profoundly humane, funny and smart novel''\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA dying man and his only son. \u003cbr\u003eSix old friends. \u003cbr\u003eA missing videotape. \u003cbr\u003eAnd a reunion in a crumbling house on the edge of \u003cb\u003eThe Quarry\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for Iain Banks: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''The most imaginative novelist of his generation'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''His verve and talent will always be recognised, and his work will always find and enthral new readers''\u003c\/b\u003e Ken MacLeod, Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''His work was mordant, surreal, and fiercely intelligent'' \u003c\/b\u003eNeil Gaiman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''An exceptional wordsmith''\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eScotsman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShot through with Banks' trademark humour, political engagement and hope\u003c\/b\u003e -- Louise Welsh * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eA quietly incendiary piece of writing, at times heartbreaking, at other times really wonderfully funny... \u003cb\u003ea profoundly humane, funny and smart novel\u003c\/b\u003e * Independent *\u003cbr\u003eWonderfully exuberant... written with the life-enhancing verve characteristic of Banks' best work * Scotsman *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInfallibly entertaining\u003c\/b\u003e * Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eIn Banks we had a novelist of supreme subtlety and one who, in fiction as in life, and for all the concentrated horror of his debut novel, all the epic estrangements of his 'skiffy' (sci-fi), and all the grimness of his final months, had an irrepressible sense of fun that is evident on every page of \u003ci\u003eThe Quarry\u003c\/i\u003e * Independent *\u003cbr\u003eThis is a novel that's perched at the dangerous edge of things, looking down. It's \u003cb\u003ean urgent novel and an important one\u003c\/b\u003e * Observer *\u003cbr\u003eVintage Banks, \u003cb\u003efull of heart, black comedy and vitriol\u003c\/b\u003e * Mirror *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA compelling, raw book\u003c\/b\u003e -- William Leith * Evening Standard *\u003cbr\u003eBanks' handling of big, complex themes is skilful and satisfying, and he concludes on a quietly moving note of compassion * The List *\u003cbr\u003eBanks's relaxed fluency - the direct, funny, unpretentious intelligence of his writing... along with his teeming imagination, made him perhaps Britain's best-loved major contemporary novelist * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eA quietly incendiary piece of writing, at times heartbreaking, at other times really wonderfully funny ... a profoundly humane, funny and smart novel. * Independent *\u003cbr\u003eA novel shot through with Banks's trademark humour, political engagement and hope. -- Louise Welsh * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eWonderfully exuberant ... written with the life-enhancing verve characteristic of Banks's best work. * Scotsman *\u003cbr\u003eVintage Banks, full of heart, black comedy and vitriol. * Mirror *\u003cbr\u003eA compelling, raw book -- William Leith * Evening Standard *\u003cbr\u003eBanks' handling of big, complex themes is skilful and satisfying, and he concludes on a quietly moving note of compassion. * The List *\u003cbr\u003eInfallibly entertaining * Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eBanks's relaxed fluency - the direct, funny, unpretentious intelligence of his writing, which, along with his teeming imagination, made him perhaps Britain's best-loved major contemporary novelist. * Guardian *","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733655040343,"sku":"9780349138596","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780349138596.jpg?v=1720001052","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-quarry-9780349138596","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}