This is not a book that you "enjoy" reading exactly. I found myself wondering at times "What kind of person writes a book like this?"
But I did find it engrossing and intriguing. I thought the portrayal of the main character, and in particularly his psychopathy, fairly convincing. Though this point was strongly disputed by other members of book club. Over the course of the story I found myself warming to the awful main character, almost against my will, and despite a strong sense of revulsion.
Banks story-telling ability is demonstrated well enough to leave me wanting to read more of his work. That in itself seems a strong testament to an authors first published novel.
He publishes as Iain Banks for "regular" fiction and as Iain M. Banks for science fiction. I plan on trying one of his scifi books soon. A dose of good scifi is always welcome - so hopefully Iain M. Banks has some good scifi to offer.
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