[books 2013] The Quarry
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inulro40. The Quarry by Iain Banks
Banks swore blind in his last interview that he was 80,000 words into this book when his own cancer was diagnosed. I was dubious at the time and I'm even more so now that I've read it, but that's possibly not giving his skill as a writer enough credit and it's easy to read too much into it.
It's the story of Kit, a young man on the Asperger's spectrum somewhere and his father Guy, who is dying of lung cancer. Guy invites all his friends from university for one last weekend together in the big, falling-down house on the edge of a quarry where Guy and Kit live.
Not a lot happens, but it's a quick read, and is in turns hilarious and sad. This is Banks, so it probably would have been thus even without real life events.
Not his best, but far from his worst either.
Again, I feel like I should have more constructive things to say here, but I don't.
Banks swore blind in his last interview that he was 80,000 words into this book when his own cancer was diagnosed. I was dubious at the time and I'm even more so now that I've read it, but that's possibly not giving his skill as a writer enough credit and it's easy to read too much into it.
It's the story of Kit, a young man on the Asperger's spectrum somewhere and his father Guy, who is dying of lung cancer. Guy invites all his friends from university for one last weekend together in the big, falling-down house on the edge of a quarry where Guy and Kit live.
Not a lot happens, but it's a quick read, and is in turns hilarious and sad. This is Banks, so it probably would have been thus even without real life events.
Not his best, but far from his worst either.
Again, I feel like I should have more constructive things to say here, but I don't.
