A Song of Stone

by Iain M. Banks

No cover — Iain M. Banks: A Song of Stone (Hardcover, 1998, Simon & Schuster)

Hardcover, 288 pages

English language

Published Sept. 10, 1998 by Simon & Schuster.

ISBN:: 978-0-684-85725-1

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Zivan reviewed A SONG OF STONE by Iain M. Banks

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4 stars

What if a European nation collapsed into the kind of chaos we find in failed States.
and did this in Iain Banks wonderful prose.

Chris reviewed A SONG OF STONE by Iain M. Banks

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3 stars

This is told in high-flown poetic prose, the sort that Banks sometimes descends into during his novels, only this time it's used throughout the length of the piece. You could tick off the characteristic Banks tropes though: the castle (representing the family); the debased aristocrats with odd sexual habits; the peculiar torture scenes.