Iain Banks

Grem Park zakokhujetsja v zagadkovu Seru ffitch, ale scho bilshe vin diznajetsja pro neji, to bilshe zagadok vinikaje. Stiven Graut perekonanij, scho vin - geroj z inshoji realnosti, zatjagnutij u suchasnij svit pidstupami vorogiv. A des u zakinutomu zamku dvoje polonenikh musjat grati v divni igri, abi rozgadati tajemnitsju, jaka podaruje jim svobodu. TSi istoriji rukhajutsja nazustrich odna odnij, schob ob'jednatisja ta privesti do nespodivanogo finalu.

40th anniversary edition of Iain Banks' classic debut novel THE WASP FACTORY, with an introduction by Neil Gaiman'A gothic horror story of quite exceptional quality' Financial Times'Two years after I killed Blyth I murdered my young brother Paul, for quite different reasons than I'd disposed of Blyth, and then a year after that I did for my young cousin Esmerelda, more or less on a whim. That's my score to date. Three. I haven't killed anybody for years, and don't intend to ever again. It was just a stage I was going through.'Enter - if you can bear it - the extraordinary private world of Frank, just sixteen, and unconventional, to say the least.Praise for Iain Banks:'The most imaginative novelist of his generation' The Times'His verve and talent will always be recognised, and his work will always find and enthral new readers' Ken MacLeod, Guardian'His work was mordant, surreal, and fiercely intelligent' Neil Gaiman'An exceptional wordsmith' Scotsman

Enter - if you can bear it - the extraordinary private world of Frank, just sixteen, and unconventional, to say the least.'Two years after I killed Blyth I murdered my young brother Paul, for quite different reasons than I'd disposed of Blyth, and then a year after that I did for my young cousin Esmerelda, more or less on a whim. That's my score to date. Three. I haven't killed anybody for years, and don't intend to ever again. It was just a stage I was going through.' 'A gothic horror story of quite exceptional quality... macabre, bizarre and quite impossible to put down' Financial Times'Read it if you dare' Daily Express'A brilliant book, barmy and barnacled with the grotesque' New Statesman'One of the most brilliant first novels I have come across' Telegraph

'The most imaginative novelist of his generation' The Times'His masterpiece' Jay Rayner'Self-deprecating, funny and hopelessly self-deceiving' Daily Telegraph'One of the best opening lines of any novel' Guardian'It was the day my grandmother exploded. I sat in the crematorium, listening to my Uncle Hamish quietly snoring in harmony to Bach's Mass in B Minor, and I reflected that it always seemed to be death that drew me back to Gallanach.'Prentice McHoan has returned to the bosom of his complex but enduring Scottish family. Full of questions about the McHoan past, present and future, he is also deeply preoccupied: mainly with death, sex, drink, God and illegal substances...

Po mneniju chlenov dovolno simpatichnoj, na pervyj vzgljad, sekty laskentariantsev, chja vera predstavljaet soboj fantasticheskuju smes iz samykh raznykh religioznykh traditsij, bozhi izbranniki rozhdajutsja na svet 29 fevralja. Ne iskljuchenie i nikogda prezhde ne pokidavshaja sekty vnuchka ee osnovatelja Isida - junaja, naivnaja i obajatelnaja baryshnja, obladajuschaja k tomu zhe darom Tselitelstva.Odnako situatsija skladyvaetsja tak, chto Iside prikhoditsja otpravitsja v greshnyj "vneshnij" mir, pustivshis na poiski bezhavshej ot sobratev kuziny, namechennoj na glavnuju rol na predstojaschem Prazdnike ljubvi. Mnogoe li ostanetsja ot ee vsesokrushajuschej naivnosti k kontsu puteshestvija?..

Vpervye na russkom jazyke nauchno-fantasticheskij triller ot laureata pochetnykh nagrad "Grandmaster" i "Zal slavy" Evrokona. Est mir, kotoryj zavis mezhdu triumfom i katastrofoj, mezhdu razrusheniem Berlinskoj Steny i padeniem Bashen-bliznetsov, zastyl v teni terroristov-smertnikov i globalnym finansovym krizisom. Takoj mir nuzhdaetsja v tverdoj pravjaschej ruke i putevodnom svete. No nuzhen li emu "Nadzor": vsemoguschaja organizatsija so zlobnym geniem-predsedatelem, absoljutnym vlijaniem i mnogochislennymi nezrimymi tranzitorami, obladajuschimi udivitelnymi silami? Sredi etikh tranzitorov -zagadochnyj Temudzhin O, nesokrushimyj ubijtsa, puteshestvujuschij mezhdu vershinami Nepala, versiej viktorianskogo Londona i temnymi dvortsami Venetsii pod snegom; Edrian Kabbish, neugomonnyj alchnyj torgovets iz Siti; i bezymjannyj, bezlikij gosudarstvennyj palach, izvestnyj kak Filosof, kotoryj so zloveschej legkostju peremeschaetsja mezhdu chasovymi pojasami. Est i te, kto somnevaetsja v "Nadzore": koroleva banditov missis Malverkhill, brodjaschaja po miram i verbujuschaja vosstavshikh na svoju storonu; i Patsient 8262, nakhodjaschijsja pod dejstviem uspokoitelnogo i simulirujuschij bezumie v zabytoj bolnichnoj palate, skryvaja svoe uzhasnoe proshloe. Miru nuzhna pomosch, no nuzhen li emu "Nadzor" - eto uzhe drugoj vopros. Finalist Memorialnoj premii Dzhona Kempbella. Nominant na premii "Lokus" i "Khjugo". Nominant na nemetskuju premiju Kurda Lassvitsa. Finalist finskoj premii "Bluzhdajuschaja zvezda". "Neobychajno izobretatelnyj... Voskhititelnyj triller, klassicheskaja istorija o protivostojanii dobra i zla, kotoruju avtor ispolzuet dlja poiska otvetov na sereznye moralnye i filosofskie voprosy - no, kak obychno, v svoej tipichno legkoj i mrachnovato-jumoristicheskoj manere... Kniga, kotoraja zastavljaet zadumatsja, po-drugomu vzgljanut na okruzhajuschij mir, no ostavajas po-nastojaschemu zakhvatyvajuschim chteniem. Esli by tolko bolshaja chast sovremennoj literatury byla by pokhozha na nee". - Independent on Sunday "Tranzitsija"- eto Benks v svoej bujnoj, jarkoj, golovokruzhitelnoj manere". - Financial Times "Ien Benks odaren udivitelnoj plavnostju i golovokruzhitelnym voobrazheniem". - Daily Mail "Zaputannaja masterskaja istorija s velikolepnym zamyslom. Zapominajuschimisja personazhami. "Tranzitsija" polna energii i temnogo jumora". - Sunday Business Post "Legkij dlja chtenija i zakhvatyvajuschij nauchno-fantasticheskij triller". - Sunday Herald "Zakhvatyvajuschaja futuristicheskaja skazka, kotoroj est chto skazat zdes i sejchas". - Metro "Tranzitsija" vskruzhit vam golovu genialnymi strannostjami". - io9.com

Frenku lishe shistnadtsjat. Vin zhive z batkom na viddalenomu ostrovi j chekaje na povernennja svogo brata, scho vtik iz psikhiatrichnoji likarni. Ta j samogo Frenka vazhko nazvati zvichajnim pidlitkom. Jedina jogo rozvaga - vbivati. Jogo zhertvami stajut osi, mishi, tvarini i... Pro svoji vbivstva vin rozkazuje prosto, schiro - tak, scho mimovoli stajesh na jogo bik.Perekladach: Gjenik Bjeljakov

Roman, vkhodjaschij, po versii Independent, v spisok "100 luchshikh knig KHKh veka". Kniga, stavshaja kultovoj uzhe dlja neskolkikh pokolenij tsenitelej sovremennoj prozy. Odno iz samykh neobychnykh i znachimykh proizvedenij proshlogo stoletija. Istorija semnadtsatiletnego shotlandskogo malchishki Frenka Koldkhejma - to li genija, to li opasnogo bezumtsa, to li druida nekoej prichudlivoj i zhestokoj religii. On predskazyvaet buduschee pri pomoschi ritualnogo mekhanizma sobstvennogo izobretenija. On sovershaet krovavye zhertvoprinoshenija u Zhertvennykh Stolbov. On oderzhim smertju, svobodoj i odinochestvom i uveren, chto znaet o svoem malenkom, uedinennom mirke vse. Boitsja on lish odnogo - bolshogo vneshnego mira. Slovno chuvstvuet: rano ili pozdno ottuda pridet beda...Perevodchik: Guzman A.

New introduction by Ian Rankin_________________________________________‘One of the most playful and entertaining writers of our generation’ Val McDermid, Guardian In an absorbing voyage as interesting to non-drinkers as to true whisky connoisseurs, sci-fi and literary author Iain Banks explores the rich heritage of Scottish whisky, from the most famous distilleries to the most obscure operations. Whisky is more than a drink: it's a culture that binds together people, places and products far across Scotland's rugged terrain. Switching from cars to ferries to bicycles, Banks criss-crosses his homeland, weaving an engrossing narrative full of fascinating traditions, peculiar people, and the downright bizarre places he encounters on his journey down Scotland's great golden road.'The book I return to most often . . . It's is like slipping into a warm bath.'James Graham, THE TIMES (playwright and creator of ITV's Quiz)'Filled withinsightful and witty observations . . . this is a rip-roaringand informative delve into the unique history and enduring appeal of this iconic spirit.'VISIT SCOTLAND, 9 'must read' books

'Ingenious, daring and brilliant' GuardianCOMPLICITY N. 1. THE FACT OF BEING AN ACCOMPLICE, ESP. IN A CRIMINAL ACTA few spliffs, a spot of mild S&M, phone through the copy for tomorrow's front page, catch up with the latest from your mystery source - could be big, could be very big - in fact, just a regular day at the office for free-wheeling, substance-abusing Cameron Colley, a fully paid-up Gonzo hack on an Edinburgh newspaper.Prentice McHoan has returned to the bosom of his complex but enduring Scottish family. Full of questions about the McHoan past, present and future, he is also deeply preoccupied: mainly with death, sex, drink, God and illegal substances... Praise for Iain Banks:'The most imaginative novelist of his generation' The Times'His verve and talent will always be recognised, and his work will always find and enthral new readers' Ken MacLeod, Guardian'His work was mordant, surreal, and fiercely intelligent' Neil Gaiman'An exceptional wordsmith' Scotsman

Iain Banks' masterly novel The Crow Road

Iain Banks is celebrated as a novelist and science fiction writer. It is less well known that his first published work was the poem '041', in New Writing Scotland in 1983. Like the poems that appeared within his novels, this was selected from the many he had written between 1973 and 1981. Banks took his poetry seriously and worked on it assiduously, but showed it mostly to friends. He first thought of publishing his poetry late in 2012, though insisted it be a joint collection with his life-long friend Ken MacLeod. The two writers were working on this project when Banks learned of his terminal diagnosis, and continued thereafter. He made his final revisions just days before his death. Readers of Iain Banks' novels will find in the poems a further affirmation of the humane, sceptical and clear-eyed sensibility that informed all his work, shot through as ever with a dry wit that continues to disturb and delight. Ken MacLeod edited and introduces this collection.

Iain Banks is celebrated as a novelist and science fiction writer. It is less well known that his first published work was the poem '041', in New Writing Scotland in 1983. Like the poems that appeared within his novels, this was selected from the many he had written between 1973 and 1981.Banks took his poetry seriously and worked on it assiduously, but showed it mostly to friends. He first thought of publishing his poetry late in 2012, though insisted it be a joint collection with his life-long friend Ken MacLeod. The two writers were working on this project when Banks learned of his terminal diagnosis, and continued thereafter. He made his final revisions just days before his death.Readers of Iain Banks' novels will find in the poems a further affirmation of the humane, sceptical and clear-eyed sensibility that informed all his work, shot through as ever with a dry wit that continues to disturb and delight. Ken MacLeod edited and introduces this collection.

The final novel from Iain Banks, the bestselling author of The Wasp Factory

»En av de mest effektivt vidriga romaner jag någonsin har läst.« JONAS THENTE, DN»Getingfabriken är en mycket skrämmande berättelse - utan att innehålla en enda skräckeffekt. Är du modig nog att läsa den, gör det!« TIDNINGEN KULTUREN»Förmodligen den mest ondskefulla och läskiga bok jag läst.« QUETZALA BLANCO, AMELIAIain Banks debutroman är den våldsamma, groteska och becksvart komiska berättelsen om den psykopatiske tonåringen och flerfaldige mördaren Frank som bor tillsammans med sin pappa på en ö utanför Skottlands kust. Där ägnar han sig åt makabra, rituella djuroffer titeln Getingfabriken syftar på en avancerad anordning som involverar levande getingar medan han inväntar sin halvbror Eric som är på rymmen från ett mentalsjukhus.Boken väckte starka reaktioner när den kom ut 1984. En del betraktade den som ett smaklöst frosseri i grymhet och våld, medan den på andra håll lyftes fram som en storslagen debut. »Briljant, oemotståndlig, fängslande«, skrev till exempel New York Times recensent. När den brittiska dagstidningen The Independent ett antal år senare valde ut århundradets 100 bästa romaner fanns Getingfabriken med på listan.I översättning av Roland Adlerberth och med ett efterord av John-Henri Holmberg.»Getingfabriken är en udda insekt. Bisarrt nog känns den ofta mindre som en uppvisning i mänsklig grymhet och mer som en klassisk raggsocksvåt engelsk arbetarungdomsskildring med en rejäl portion humor. Roland Adlerberth gör ett lysande jobb med att fånga Franks språk.« BJÖRN WALLER, DAGENS BOK»En totalt vriden, äcklig och brutal liten historia som samtidigt är fullständigt fascinerande.« BOKFETISCHIST, en av årets böcker 2012»En gotisk skräckhistoria av helt exceptionell kvalitet. Makaber, bisarr och omöjlig att lägga ifrån sig.« FINANCIAL TIMES

Dark family secrets and a passionate love affair, full of his trademark warmth, humanity and ingenuity, Iain Banks's classic novel is reissued with a striking new cover

Iain Banks's classic novel reissued with a striking new cover