The Steep Approach to Garbadale
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| Author | Iain Banks |
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| Country | Scotland |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | Little, Brown |
| Released | 2007 |
| Media Type | Print (Hardback) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-316-73105-6 |
| Preceded by | The Algebraist |
The Steep Approach to Garbadale is a forthcoming novel by the Scottish writer Iain Banks, to be published in 2007. The novel's previous working title was Matter.
[edit] Plot summary
The book describes the Wopuld family, who made a fortune on a board game called EMPIRE!, now a computer game. A U.S. firm, the Spraint Corporation, wants to buy them out.
Alban Wopuld is distracted from affairs of business by his relations with his family and with a former girlfriend, Sophie.
Even before its publication, the book has attracted comparison with The Crow Road.
| Iain Banks books |
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| The Wasp Factory • Walking on Glass • The Bridge • Espedair Street • Canal Dreams • The Crow Road • Complicity • Whit • A Song of Stone • The Business • Dead Air • Raw Spirit • The Steep Approach to Garbadale |
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