Canal Dreams

Canal Dreams

by IainBanks (Author)

Synopsis

Hisako Onoda, world famous cellist, refuses to fly. And so she travels to Europe as a passenger on a tanker bound through the Panama Canal. But Panama is a country whose politics are as volatile as the local freedom fighters. When Hisako's ship is captured, it is not long before the atmosphere is as flammable as an oxy-acetylene torch, and the tension as sharp as the spike on her cello...CANAL DREAMS is a novel of deceptive simplicity and dark, original power: stark psychological insights mesh with vividly realised scenarios in an ominous projection of global realpolitik. The result is yet another major landmark in the quite remarkable career of an outstanding modern novelist.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 198
Edition: 1st
Publisher: Abacus
Published: 19 Jul 1990

ISBN 10: 034910171X
ISBN 13: 9780349101712
Book Overview: * Paperback reissue of Iain Banks' CANAL DREAMS - 'extraordinary, brilliant, bloody' (Fay Weldon)

Media Reviews
* 'Apocalyptic is the first word that springs to mind to describe this violent and powerful novel in which Banks once again demonstrates his extraordinary dark powers of imagination ... impressive THE TIMES Banks has a powerful literary presence, convincingly marrying fantasy and reality, Bond-like bravado and a weightier, more sadistic sense of human evil - FINANCIAL TIMES Short, compact and brilliantly crafted. - THE SCOTSMAN Canal Dreams is a terse and fluid novel...you turn the pages with simultaneous revulsion and fascination. - THE LIST
Author Bio
Iain Banks came to widespread and controversial public notice with the publication of his first novel, THE WASP FACTORY, in 1984. He has been a hugely popular writer of fiction ever since, and, as Iain M Banks, of science fiction.