The Steep Approach to Garbadale
by Iain Banks
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Author: Iain BanksEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-10-05
ISBN: 1596923032
Number of pages: 400
Publisher: MacAdam/Cage
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Book Review: Ultra left-wing passionate hatred of the U.S.A.
Summary: 1 Stars
This is the last non-scifi book of Iain Banks I will buy, although he will probably find a way to rant his passionate hatred of America and its government in a scifi book as well. He finds it hard to believe that Americans could be surprised that the attacks of 9/11 happened; that we deserved it. He tows the fashionable ultra liberal party line. What a whiskey-addled fool. His work has been going downhill. The ending was obvious early on.
Summary of The Steep Approach to Garbadale
Dark family secrets, a long-lost love affair and a multi-million pound gaming business lie at the heart of Iain Banks' fabulous new novel. The Wopuld family built its fortune on a board game called Empire! now a hugely successful computer game. So successful, the American Spraint Corp wants to buy the firm out. Young renegade Alban, who has been evading the family clutches for years, is run to ground and persuaded to attend the forthcoming family gathering - part birthday party, part Extraordinary General Meeting - convened by Win, Wopuld matriarch and most powerful member of the board, at Garbadale, the family's highland castle. Being drawn back into the bosom of the clan brings an inevitable and disconcerting confrontation with Alban's past. What drove his mother to take her own life? And is he yet ready to see Sophie, his beautiful, enchanting cousin and teenage love, at the EGM Grandmother Win's revelations will radically alter Alban's perspective for ever.General Books
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