The Wasp Factory
The Wasp Factory is the first novel by Scottish writer Iain Banks, published in 1984. Before the publication of The Wasp Factory, Banks had written several science fiction novels that had not been accepted for publication. Banks decided to try a more mainstream novel in the hopes that it would be more readily accepted, and wrote about a psychopathic teenager living on a remote Scottish island. According to Banks, this allowed him to treat the story as something resembling science fiction – the island could be envisaged as a planet, and Frank, the protagonist, almost as an alien. Following the publication and success of The Wasp Factory, Banks began to write full-time. Banks would go on to write several more novels before his death in 2013, including several acclaimed science fiction novels
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The Wasp Factory
The Wasp Factory is the first novel by Scottish writer Iain Banks, published in 1984. Before the publication of The Wasp Factory, Banks had written several science fiction novels that had not been accepted for publication. Banks decided to try a more mainstream novel in the hopes that it would be more readily accepted, and wrote about a psychopathic teenager living on a remote Scottish island. According to Banks, this allowed him to treat the story as something resembling science fiction – the island could be envisaged as a planet, and Frank, the protagonist, almost as an alien. Following the publication and success of The Wasp Factory, Banks began to write full-time. Banks would go on to write several more novels before his death in 2013, including several acclaimed science fiction novels
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Die Wespenfabrik (Originaltite ...... ung, von Irene Bonhorst, 1991.
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La fabbrica degli orrori (The ...... nk Cauldhame, il protagonista.
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The Wasp Factory is the first ...... rk of unparalleled depravity."
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«Оси́ная фа́брика» (англ. The ...... а, опубликованный в 1984 году.
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1984-02-16
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Die Wespenfabrik (Originaltite ...... ung, von Irene Bonhorst, 1991.
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La fabbrica degli orrori (The ...... nk Cauldhame, il protagonista.
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The Wasp Factory is the first ...... claimed science fiction novels
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«Оси́ная фа́брика» (англ. The ...... а, опубликованный в 1984 году.
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Die Wespenfabrik
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