Whit - Iain Banks

8	Listal rating

Manufacturer : Little Brown and Company
Release date : 13 September 1996
ISBN-10 : 0349107688 | ISBN-13 : 9780349107684

Fiction (2), London (1), Novel (1), Farm (1), Glasgow (1), British Lit (1), Edinburgh (1), Satire (1), Mystery (1), Dark (1), British (1), Religion (1), Scotland (1), Britain (1)

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A little knowledge can be a very dangerous thing. Innocent in the ways of the world, an ingenue when it comes to pop and fashion, the Elect of God of a small but committed Stirlingshire religious cult: Isis Whit is no ordinary teenager. When her cousin Morag - Guest of Honour at the Luskentyrian's four- yearly Festival of Love - disappears after re ... (more)

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Whit

Posted : 2 years, 6 months ago at May 13 12:18

**May contain spoilers** Whit has proved to be another one of Iain Banks' wonderfully written works which successfully surprises the reader throughout. It is about Isis, the Elect of God and member of the fictional Luskentyrian cult in Scotland, and how she is sent on a journey to bring back her missing cousin Morag in time for the Festival of Love, a festival that takes place every four years and is meant to try and ensure that another Elect of God will be born in following year on February the 29th. The number 29 holds especially huge impact for the characters, and Banks cunningly decided to encase all of this in a 29 chapter book. ;) Banks' sarcastic wit reverberates throughout, echoing into the naive character of Isis and showing the modern world through her inexperienced eyes. H...Read more

Rating : 8/10

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