The Transgressive Iain Banks

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The Transgressive Iain Banks is written by Martyn Colebrook and published by McFarland. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1476602921 (ISBN 10) and 9781476602929 (ISBN 13).

This collection of 12 new essays brings together prominent literary experts to explore the importance of Scottish writer Iain (M.) Banks, both his mainstream and science fiction work. It considers Banks as a habitual border crosser who makes things fresh and new by subversive and transgressive strategies. The essays are divided into four thematic areas--the Scottish context, the geographies of his writing, the impact of genre and a combined focus on gender, games and play--and will be of particular interest to scholars of contemporary literature, Scottish literature and science fiction.