![]() ![]() ![]() It was followed by The Bridge (1986), about the complex dreams of a coma patient, dominated by the spectre of a bridge. Walking on Glass (1985), follows three interwoven narratives, partly set in London. Subsequent novels explore gothic settings, determinedly anti-Thatcherite contemporary politics, pop culture and technology. The book tells the story of 16-year-old Frank Cauldhame, a self-confessed multiple murderer living alone with his father, waiting for the return of his half-brother Eric, an escapee from a mental institution. His first literary novel, The Wasp Factory (1984), immediately established Banks as an original voice in Scottish fiction, providing a contrast to the urban realism of such writers as William McIlvanney and James Kelman. He was almost unique in that he has achieved success in two genres: mainstream, literary fiction, and the science fiction books written under the name Iain M. He moved to London and lived in the south of England until 1988, when he returned to Fife where he lived with his wife. Iain Banks was born in Dunfermline, Fife, in Scotland in 1954 and was educated at Stirling University where he read English Literature, Philosophy and Psychology. ![]()
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