Whit by Iain Banks

Whit by Iain Banks

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* Paperback reissue of a modern 'Pilgrim's Progress' - Iain Banks' WHIT.

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Whit by Iain Banks

A little knowledge can be a very dangerous thing...Innocent in the ways of the world, an ingenue when it comes to pop and fashion, the Elect of God of a small but committed Stirlingshire religious cult: Isis Whit is no ordinary teenager. When her cousin Morag - Guest of Honour at the Luskentyrian's four-yearly Festival of Love - disappears after renouncing her faith, Isis is marked out to venture among the Unsaved and bring the apostate back into the fold. But the road to Babylondon (as Sister Angela puts it) is a treacherous one, particularly when Isis discovers that Morag appears to have embraced the ways of the Unsaved with spectacular abandon...Truth and falsehood; kinship and betrayal; 'herbal' cigarettes and compact discs - Whit is an exploration of the techno-ridden barrenness of modern Britain from a unique perspective.
Iain Banks came to widespread and controversial public notice with the publication of his first novel, THE WASP FACTORY, in 1984. He gained enormous popular and critical acclaim for both his mainstream and his science fiction novels. Iain Banks died in June 2013.
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ISBN 13 9780349139173
ISBN 10 0349139172
Title Whit
Author Iain Banks
Series Iain Banks
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Year published 2013-06-27
Number of pages 464
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.