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‘Baroque, digressive, kinetic, teeming with big ideas and grand theories, it’s a novel to get lost in ... gripping’
The Times on Transition

The second of the Edinburgh City Reads, Central Library’s new events series, explored the work of one of Scotland’s most successful contemporary authors. Iain Banks has written over twenty books and enjoyed great success in his career with titles such as The Crow Road, The Wasp Factory, The Steep Approach to Garbadale and his most recent, Transition. His success is unique in that it has been achieved in two genres: literary fiction; and the science fiction books written under the name Iain M. Banks. Writer and journalist Alan Taylor coaxed the very best from Banks in what was a relaxed and revelatory event.

6.30pm Wednesday 16 December 2010
Edinburgh Central Library, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh