This novel is the comonly accepted slang term reffered to in the title! (The Business - Iain Banks)

Member Name: nedrichards

Product:	The Business - Iain Banks
Date:	16/11/00 (17 review reads)
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Advantages: Clever, gripping and witty

Disadvantages: Characterisation not at Banks' subtle best

This novel starts with a common conceit for any conspiracy theorist, an all powerful shadowy organisation, that controls all, although in this case influences is probably more accurate. It them moves on from this ingenious premise to broaden out into a study of how this business has affected and influenced one woman's life from the Glasgow gutter to the international jet set. The characters are sharply and sympathetically drawn in a breathtakingly small number of words and although relying largely on stereotypes transcend them to create real, living people. Banks' dark humour is still present although with less gruesome touches than in many of his other books. A heart-warming development for Banks.

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