About the Author

Iain Banks, whose novels have been published in over thirty languages, is a Scottish writer who writes both mainstream fiction and science fiction. In 2008, the London Times named Banks as one of the "The Fifty Greatest Writers since 1945."

Reviews

"The flower of Scotland's more than a wee bit wilted from drink and recreational drugs in this violent, funny, coming-of-age explosion. Stunning descriptions of coastal Scotland alternate with the rain-soaked violence and Stewart's painful flashbacks to his youth." -- Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW "Brilliant, irresistible, compelling." -- The New York Times "Macabre and quite impossible to put down." -- The Financial Times "The most imaginative novelist of his generation." -- The TImes (London)