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Whit
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Full Title:
Whit
Contributors:
By (Author) Iain Banks
Series:
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:
Abacus
Publication Date:
9th July 2013
UK Publication Date:
27th June 2013
Country:
United Kingdom
Classifications
Readership:
General
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Fiction
Main Subject:
Dewey:
823.92
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
464
Dimensions:
Width 127mm, Height 197mm, Spine 30mm
Weight:
360g
Description
A little knowledge can be a very dangerous thing. . . Innocent in the ways of the world, an ingenue when it comes to pop and fashion, the Elect of God of a small but committed Stirlingshire religious cult: Isis Whit is no ordinary teenager.
When her cousin Morag - Guest of Honour at the Luskentyrian's four-yearly Festival of Love - disappears after renouncing her faith, Isis is marked out to venture among the Unsaved and bring the apostate back into the fold. But the road to Babylondon (as Sister Angela puts it) is a treacherous one, particularly when Isis discovers that Morag appears to have embraced the ways of the Unsaved with spectacular abandon. . .Truth and falsehood; kinship and betrayal; 'herbal' cigarettes and compact discs - WHIT is an exploration of the techno-ridden barrenness of modern Britain from a unique perspective.Author Bio
Iain Banks came to widespread and controversial public notice with the publication of his first novel, THE WASP FACTORY, in 1984. He has since gained enormous popular and critical acclaim for both his mainstream and his science fiction novels.
