- Hardcover
- Publisher: Codex; Cdr edition (1 Jan 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 189959857X
- ISBN-13: 978-1899598571
- Product Dimensions: 13.3 x 11.4 x 1.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (43 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,003,351 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'Represents significant progress in the flowering of an exceptional talent...a totally absorbing read' THE TIMES 'Iain Banks of THE WASP FACTORY eclipses that sensational debut...a real dazzler' DAILY MAIL It's compulsive reading and highly recommended. SUNDAY TODAY A stunning book, Banks' powerful imagination is joined to a rare ability to be truly funny while exploring a nightmare world. SUNDAY TIMES
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'Iain Banks of THE WASP FACTORY eclipses that sensational debut...a real dazzler'
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The dark station, shuttered and empty, echoed to the distant, fading whistle of the departing train. Read the first page
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A great - if challenging - read,
By Ian L, Yorkshire (england) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Bridge (Paperback)
This is the first of his books I have read. At the start I was a bit annoyed. Making up dreams seemed a bit cheap. But then the suspension of disbelief got in there and the the narrative and the description of this place took over.
A brilliant "other place" that completely takes you over. The vision of the place is completely visual - you can see it on the page. The chapters with the dialect I found hard going and for preference I would have prefered a text that kept the pace going. A brilliant read and I am shopping for more.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Not Iain M Banks but almost Sci-Fi.,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Bridge (Paperback)
The story is about a man in a coma who finds himself waking up with amnesia in a surreal world where everything seems to exist on an endless bridge. None of the other inhabitants find this strange and the man's curiosity and desire to escape take him upon an unusual adventure. This is interspersed with strange dream sequences and a narrative of his life up to the point of falling into a coma. All these threads intertwine into a compelling read. The ending is the weakest part of the story. If you've read The Wasp Factory you'll know how original and unexpected Banks's endings can be. The unusual setting of the Bridge give this tale an other worldly science fiction feel but it is also a story that stays very much on planet earth in the darkest recesses of the human mind. Almost worth a five if Banks hadn't written books to surpass this (Excession and Complicity to name two)
15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Great idea, mediocre execution.,
This review is from: The Bridge (Paperback)
Banks is without doubt a remarkably inventive and talented author and "The Bridge" highlights some of his best features - the story is initially gripping and some of the imagery is inspired. Unfortunately the story flags towards the end, losing focus and meandering and not maintaining the mystery and intrigue of the earlier chapters. Whilst I appreciate that this may have been a deliberate ploy to better portray what our main character is experiencing, imagery is no substitute for a tight story-line and cannot carry a book alone. I really wanted to like "The Bridge" but for me, it wasn't quite up to the standard of some of Banks' other works.
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