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by Iain Banks
Taste attributes: science fictionrobots/ai/spacethrilleractionfresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginaryintricateglossybig & variedemotive & stirringinjustice/tragedy/vengeanceall consuming questrescue/escape/jeopardy
Boxlist takeAn otherworldly, weighty science-fiction novel: morally murky and sweeping. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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4.1 / 5
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About This Book
It begins in the realm of the Real, where matter still matters. It begins with a murder. And it will not end until the Culture has gone to war with death itself. Lededje Y'breq is one of the Intagliated, her marked body bearing witness to a family shame, her life belonging to a man whose lust for power is without limit.
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- Author
- Iain Banks
- Published
- 2010
- Pages
- 634
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- Open Library
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