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Title: One of Banks' Worst
Review: Of all the Iain Banks novels I've read (and that's all but 3), this is my least favorite. In fact, I didn't enjoy it at all. The main character is not particularly likeable, drives you nuts with his inability to act, and remains the most likeable person in the novel. The ending is unpleasant, to say the least.In spite of the "M." in the author's name, this is not a work of science fiction or The Culture (he writes under two names, with and without the M, to distinguish between his science and mainstream fiction). The novel takes place somewhere more like war-torn Bosnia.Of all his books, this is the only one I'll get rid of, because I will *never* read it again. Pick up The Crow Road instead, a much better read.
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