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I have been a fan of Banks ever since I discovered him with Complicity. Once again, I was not disappointed with The Wasp Factory; it clearly shows the fertile and versatile imagination of the author, at ease as well in science fiction as in the gothic mode. The latter pervades this novel narrated the main character, Frank, a 16-year old who at times appears older than his age, at other times inhabited by some intriguing mythology. He lives isolated with his father on an island off the Scotti ...more
I have been a fan of Banks ever since I discovered him with Complicity. Once again, I was not disappointed with The Wasp Factory; it clearly shows the fertile and versatile imagination of the author, at ease as well in science fiction as in the gothic mode. The latter pervades this novel narrated the main character, Frank, a 16-year old who at times appears older than his age, at other times inhabited by some intriguing mythology. He lives isolated with his father on an island off the Scotti ...more
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