Science fiction
Thriller
1990
Use of Weapons by Iain Banks
Published in Spanish as El uso de las armas
A stunning new reissue edition of the third Culture novel from Iain M. Banks - one of the most important and influential writers in modern science fiction.
What it is
Spies, moles and state secrets · it tells it with no filter
What happens in it
Two timelines
Espionage
How it feels
Reading sheet
How it's told
- Structure
- Two timelines
- Who tells it
- Third person, up close
- Its world
- An invented world
Before you pick it up
Is it for you?
It's for you if…
- you like two stories that end up meeting
- you're drawn to the dark side of people
- you like a book that makes you think
Maybe not if…
- you like to keep your feet on the ground
- you're after something comforting
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