Her eyes were black, wide as though with some sustained surprise, the skin from their outer corners to her small ears taut. Her lips were pale, and nearly too full for her small mouth, like something bled but bruised. He had never seen anyone or anything quite so beautiful in his life.' Graham Park is in love. But Sara Fitch is an enigma to him, a creature of almost perverse mystery. Steven Grout is paranoid - and with justice. He knows that They are out to get him. They are. Quiss, insecure in his fabulous if ramshackle castle, is forced to play interminable impossible games. The solution to the oldest of all paradoxical riddles will release him. But he must find an answer before he knows the question. Park, Grout, Quiss - no trio could be further apart. But their separate courses are set for collision.
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Inexorably powerful ... sinister manipulations and magnetic ambiguities (Observer )
The author's powerful imagination is displayed here every bit as vividly as in his debut (FINANCIAL TIMES )
The author's powerful imagination is displayed here every bit as vividly as in his debut (FINANCIAL TIMES )
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* Paperback reissue of a modern classic, Iain Banks' WALKING ON GLASS, inexorably powerful' - OBSERVER
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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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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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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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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 !
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Different
Thought the stories were all going to link somehow. Maybe I missed something somewhere and might need to reread. I do love his style and unusual thought. Worth reading.
Published 12 days ago by Sharon85
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Still thinking about this book!
There have been lots of interesting reviews of this book already. All I have to add is that I read this when I was 17 and I am still thinking about it and recommending it to... Read more
Published 7 months ago by BBKF
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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 on 31 Oct 2010 by Gordon
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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 on 12 Oct 2010 by Craobh Rua
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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 on 21 Sep 2010 by Andrew Sutherland
4.0 out of 5 stars
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
2.0 out of 5 stars
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
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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
3.0 out of 5 stars
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
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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 J.R.Hartley
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