Iain Banks is one of the most inventive writers in the UK today, producing an extraordinary range of work, from family sagas set in present-day Scotland to science fiction spanning vast gulfs of space and time. He enjoys breaking the arbitrary boundaries of genre, and often creates narratives blending "realistic" storylines with fantastical elements. Alan MacGillivray's Scotnote provides an overview of Iain Banks's fiction, and focuses on three novels in particular: The Wasp Factory, a darkly comic piece of Scottish Gothic fiction; The Crow Road, a cross-generational family saga with elements of a detective story; and Whit, following the adventures of an innocent thrust into modern society. Suitable for senior school pupils and students at all levels.

 

This book is part of a book series called Scotnotes Study Guides .

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 80 pages in this book. This book was published 2001 by Association for Scottish Literary Studies .

This book has the following chapters: Iain Banks and his work The Wasp Factory -Synopsis -Structure -Characters -Themes -Humour The Crow Road -Settings -Families -Structure -Story -Themes Whit -Title -Structure -Synopsis -Themes Conclusion Bibliography