The quarry
GenreFiction
AgeAll Ages
Year2013
Pages327
Avg price€12.49 (€9.37–€19.98)
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Fiction

The quarry

by Iain Banks
4.0 · 1 review
Critics' consensus

"Widely regarded as a fittingly raw and emotionally charged farewell, The Quarry is seen as flawed but affecting, its terminal anger lending it an authenticity that outweighs its occasionally clunky plotting."

Kit doesn't know who his mother is. What he does know, however, is that his father, Guy, is dying of cancer. Feeling his death is imminent, Guy gathers around him his oldest friends - or at least the friends with the most to lose by his death. Paul - the rising star in the Labour party who dreads the day a tape they all made at university might come to light; Alison and Robbie, corporate bunnies whose relationship is daily more fractious; Pris and Haze, once an item, now estranged, and finally Hol - friend, mentor, former lover and the only one who seemed to care. But what will happen to Kit when Guy is gone? And why isn't Kit's mother in the picture? As the friends reunite for Guy's last days, old jealousies, affairs and lies come to light as Kit watches on.

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7 editions
  • Quarry
    Published · 2013-01-01
    Publisher · W F Howes Ltd
    ISBN · 9781471246678
  • The quarry
    Published · 2013
    Publisher · RedHook Books
    Pages · 326
    Lang · ENG
    ISBN · 9780316281867
  • The Quarry
    Published · 2014
    Publisher · Hachette
    Lang · ENG
    ISBN · 9780349138596
  • The Quarry
    Published · Jun 25, 2013
    Publisher · Redhook
    Pages · 332
    ISBN · 9780316281843
  • The quarry
    Published · 2013
    Publisher ·
    Pages · 326
    Lang · ENG
    ISBN · 9781408703946
  • The quarry
    Published · 2013
    Publisher · Hachette Digital
    ISBN · 9781405513142
  • The quarry
    Published · April 2014
    Publisher · Redhook
    Pages · 327
    Lang · ENG
    ISBN · 9780316281836

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