{"product_id":"9780349139180-the-wasp-factory","title":"The Wasp Factory","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIain Banks' debut novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Wasp Factory\u003c\/i\u003e, caused a storm of controversy when it was first published in 1984 and became an immediate classic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e'A gothic horror story of quite exceptional quality'\u003ci\u003e Financial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Two years after I killed Blyth I murdered my young brother Paul, for quite different reasons than I'd disposed of Blyth, and then a year after that I did for my young cousin Esmerelda, more or less on a whim. That's my score to date. Three. I haven't killed anybody for years, and don't intend to ever again. It was just a stage I was going through.' \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEnter - if you can bear it - the extraordinary private world of Frank, just sixteen, and unconventional, to say the least.\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,\u003ci\u003e Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\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\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40943477817441,"sku":"9780349139180","price":8.94,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_29821619.jpg?v=1725783068","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780349139180-the-wasp-factory","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}