Canal Dreams - Brossura

Banks, Iain

Brossura

ISBN 10: 034910171X ISBN 13: 9780349101712

Casa editrice: Abacus, 1991

Riassunto

Hisako Onoda, world famous cellist, refuses to fly. And so she travels to Europe as a passenger on a tanker bound through the Panama Canal. But Panama is a country whose politics are as volatile as the local freedom fighters. When Hisako's ship is captured, it is not long before the atmosphere is as flammable as an oxy-acetylene torch, and the tension as sharp as the spike on her cello...

CANAL DREAMS is a novel of deceptive simplicity and dark, original power: stark psychological insights mesh with vividly realised scenarios in an ominous projection of global realpolitik. The result is yet another major landmark in the quite remarkable career of an outstanding modern novelist.

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Recensione:

* 'Apocalyptic is the first word that springs to mind to describe this violent and powerful novel in which Banks once again demonstrates his extraordinary dark powers of imagination . . . impressive (THE TIMES)

Banks has a powerful literary presence, convincingly marrying fantasy and reality, Bond-like bravado and a weightier, more sadistic sense of human evil - FINANCIAL TIMES (Short, compact and brilliantly crafted. - THE SCOTSMAN)

Canal Dreams is a terse and fluid novel...you turn the pages with simultaneous revulsion and fascination. - THE LIST

Descrizione del libro:

* Paperback reissue of Iain Banks' CANAL DREAMS - 'extraordinary, brilliant, bloody' (Fay Weldon)

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• Editore: Abacus
• Data di pubblicazione: 1991
• ISBN 10: 034910171X
• ISBN 13: 9780349101712
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 288