The Steep Approach To Garbadale
- Author Iain Banks
- Narrator Peter Kenny
- Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
- Run Time 14 hours and 8 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Crime and mystery fiction, Fiction: general and literary, Modern and contemporary fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction.
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What to expect
Dark family secrets, a long-lost love affair and a multi-million pound gaming business lie at the heart of Iain Banks' fabulous new novel.
The Wopuld family built their fortune on a board game called Empire - now a wildly successful computer game. So successful the American Spraint Corp want to buy the Wopulds out. Alban, who has been evading the family tentacles for the last few years, thinks Spraint should be treated with suspicion - but he also has other things on his mind. What drove his mother to take her own life? And is he yet over Sophie, his teenage love, who'll be present at the forthcoming family gathering - part birthday party, part Extraordinary General Meeting - in their highland castle?
A book of great warmth, humanity and ingenuity, THE STEEP APPROACH TO GARBADALE is Iain Banks' finest novel since THE CROW ROAD.
The Wopuld family built their fortune on a board game called Empire - now a wildly successful computer game. So successful the American Spraint Corp want to buy the Wopulds out. Alban, who has been evading the family tentacles for the last few years, thinks Spraint should be treated with suspicion - but he also has other things on his mind. What drove his mother to take her own life? And is he yet over Sophie, his teenage love, who'll be present at the forthcoming family gathering - part birthday party, part Extraordinary General Meeting - in their highland castle?
A book of great warmth, humanity and ingenuity, THE STEEP APPROACH TO GARBADALE is Iain Banks' finest novel since THE CROW ROAD.
Critics Review
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As good as anything Banks has ever written, if not better
Sunday Telegraph -
Chock-a-block with the author’s inimitable quirky magic
Financial Times -
What Banks serves up is both unanticipated and terrifying. The fates of his characters are genuinely affecting
Evening Standard -
Compellingly, beautifully crafted… A fascinating read
New Books Magazine -
Banks still has the ability to make the reader smile with pleasure
Scotland on Sunday -
A novel that could easily replace The Crow Road as his career highlight
Maxim
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