Iain Banks — Walking on Glass

London, Macmillan, 1985 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Banks"s ambitious early novel blending psychological drama with metafictional science fiction, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's cloth binding. First edition. Complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper.Banks"s second book, following The Wasp Factory (1984).A story of the crime of innocence, the conspiracy of law, the dark comedy of survival. This book is formed by three stories on a collision course; they seem unlinked, but eventually come together. The depth in which they are interconnected all depends on the reader.Iain Banks (1954-2013) was a Scottish author known for both literary fiction and, under the name Iain M. Banks, science fiction. He is considered to be one of the greatest British writers since 1945 (according to The Times, 2008.) In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, lovely. The slightest trace of shelf wear to extremities. Very slight offsetting to endpapers. Dust wrapper, excellent. Very slight offsetting from dark cloth to flaps. The slightest trace of edge wear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean if slightly age toned. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Near Fine.