Who recommends it
- Ian DonaldInterview
This varies over the years. In addition to those I have already mentioned, I just recommended to my son The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks. It’s sort of Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger meets American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis, both of which I also recommended to him.
- Melanie GoldingInterview
The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks was the first really shocking twist I’d read. I loved it, and it gave me something to aspire to. If I could write something even half as good as that I’d feel like I really made it.
- Ben NorrisInterview
I remember raving about The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks years ago. In fact, I got really into Banks and read most of his stuff around that time. Complicity was another one of his I loved and told other people to read. I also often tell people they have to read both of Julian Cope’s autobiographies Head On/Repossessed…
Often recommended alongside
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