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The novel revolves around the idiranculture war, and banks plays on that theme by presenting various microcosms of that conflict. Oct 11, 2018 listening books is a uk audiobook charity giving a net streaming, download and post office to any person that has a special needs or ailment that makes it hard to hold a publication, turn its web. Listening books is a uk audiobook charity giving a net streaming, download and post office to any person that has a special. Like the poems that appeared within his novels, this was selected from the many he had written between 1973. He wrote mainstream fiction under the name iain banks and science fiction as iain m. This classic space opera tells of shape shifting turncoat bora horza gobuchul who has been tasked by his alien masters to retrieve a lost ai from a deserted world. The first ever collection of iain bankss short fiction, this volume includes the acclaimed novella, the state of the art. Start a free 30day trial today and get your first audiobook. Consider phlebas tv series in the works at amazon screengrab the retail giant and streaming outlet has acquired rights to the first novel in iain m. Last month he talked to stuart kelly about writing, politics and all the things still left to do.
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