- Hardcover
- Publisher: Argo (Oct 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1858497558
- ISBN-13: 978-1858497556
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,137,426 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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He walked through the white corridors, past the notice-boards with their offers of small rooms and old cars, past the coffee bar where people sat at tables, past a hole in the white floor where an old chair stood sentry over an opened conduit in which a torch shone and a man crawled, and as he left he looked at his watch: TU 28 pm 3:33 Read the first page
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He walked through the white corridors, past the notice-boards with their offers of small rooms and old cars, past the coffee bar where people sat at tables, past a hole in the white floor where an old chair stood sentry over an opened conduit in which a torch shone and a man crawled, and as he left he looked at his watch: TU 28 pm 3:33 Read the first page
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I first read this book some years ago in my early teens. When I saw it appear on Amazon one day. I had to buy it to read again. Fantastic ! An absolutley great first Novel by Mr. Banks. Although some of his later works are not to my taste, The wasp factory, walking on Glass and Complicity are classics.
Obsessive, Bloody, Crass, Perverse, The horrifyingly portrayed story of this young character and his family and surroundings make this a compulsive read.
I had quite forgotten how good Early Banks really is. Read it !
Obsessive, Bloody, Crass, Perverse, The horrifyingly portrayed story of this young character and his family and surroundings make this a compulsive read.
I had quite forgotten how good Early Banks really is. Read it !
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Although I am a big fan of Ian M. Banks this was my first encounter with Ian Banks and I'm afraid I was rather disappointed. This is basically three short stories with the promise of a common theme but it was so fine a thread it was an extreme disapointment and I felt as if I had been left wanting. Don't get me wrong the stories in their own right were excellently written and absorbing. This is probably the main cause for disappointment, as you so want to discover what these three seemingly unconnected characters have in common. The answer.... well read it and find out for yourself, just don't be to disappointed.
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Format:Audio CD
Excellent combination of 3 "shorts". I winced at some of the things Graham Park said because, sadly enough, I've been in the same situations and said the same sort of both-feet-in-the-mouth things.. oh well. Glad to see I'm not the only one! :) Poor old Steve Grout and the "microwave gun". Was there anything between him and Mrs Short.. ?I found the sections with Quiss and Ajayi a little bit hard going - a little too fanciful for my liking (I've not tried any Iain "M" Banks..). I'm reading this straight after "The Wasp Factory - which was an excellent read. I'm no "bookworm" but I'm going to work through the rest of his (non-science fiction) work. Enjoy!
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Walking on Glass
Book listed as in good condition. Arrived with a front sheet torn out, green pen on spine ... generally very poor condition. Misleading description.
Published 19 months ago by Gordon
Unstoppable Forces, Immovable Objects
Iain Banks first novel, The Wasp Factory, was published in 1984. In the years since, he's won critical acclaim, topped best-seller lists and has even written Science Fiction books... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Craobh Rua
Didn't get any better the 2nd time.
Ok, I've raved about the Wasp Factory for years, and off the back of that I bought Walking On Glass", when it was first published. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Andrew Sutherland
This one requires a lot of thought, but it's worth it!
Walking on Glass is Iain Banks' second novel and, whilst being enjoyable, requires a lot of thought on the part of the reader to make it enjoyable, and to allow the "twists" at the... Read more
Published on 19 April 2010 by N. Durand
A disappointing failure
This appears to be a "love it or hate it" book...
"Walking on Glass" is a strange novel, its narrative broken into three strands. Read more
"Walking on Glass" is a strange novel, its narrative broken into three strands. Read more
Published on 9 Jun 2009 by Peter Lee
Walking on Glass
Walking on Glass is as underrated as it is brilliant. Iain Bank's enigmatic novel of artifice and the inherent failings of humanity has often left readers bemused and frustrated. Read more
Published on 6 May 2007 by Dave Jeffery
What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?
I decided to take the "morning-after-the-night-before" approach with this review, generally because I thought, having slept on it, I would gain some clarity on this book. Read more
Published on 1 Feb 2007 by Deanne Dixon
Bewildering but beguiling
In truth this isn't so much a novel, but a trio of short stories that kind of come together at the end and some of the stories are more appealing and easier to digest than others. Read more
Published on 29 Aug 2006 by Cheeky Monkey
Three in one.
Walking On Glass consists of 3 seemingly distinct storylines, whose characters never actually meet, but whose tales seem curiously linked. Read more
Published on 8 Sep 2005 by Jane Aland
...but you might enjoy it more
This is a novel based on the simple notion that all is not what it seems.
We have three separate stories, which we cycle through, so we have the first part of each story in turn,... Read more
Published on 29 Aug 2003 by Tom Douglas
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