The Quarry - Softcover

"A goodbye letter to the world and all of its wonder and terror."--Cory Doctorow, boingboing.net

"Some of the funniest writing Banks has ever produced. A writer who has the rare gift of being infallibly entertaining."--The Telegraph

"It's the testimony of a writer refusing to go quietly, Iain Banks has got the last word."--The Sunday Times

"The Quarry is a satisfying end to a fine writing career."--Sunday Express

"The Quarry is an honorable finale to an exciting career."--The Guardian

"This is a novel that's perched at the dangerous edge of things, looking down. It's an urgent novel and an important one."--The Observer

"Iain Banks's gift to us over nearly 30 books, a brilliant, piercing depiction of just how funny, stupid, pointless, infuriating, glorious, mind-bending, and inane life can be. And that's why he's been a constant inspiration to me as a novelist and a human being."--Independent on Sunday

"A powerful and affecting book. The Quarry reaches a pitch of emotion that only a reader made of granite could read without tears."--Sunday Herald

"The Quarry is...a novel shot through with Banks's trademark humor, political engagement, and hope."--The Times, Book of the Week

"In Banks we had a novelist of supreme subtlety and one who...had an irrepressible sense of fun, that is evident on every page of The Quarry."--The Independent

As eighteen-year-old Kit's father is dying, he and several old friends with ulterior motives gather together for one last time, but what Kit really wants is to know the identity of his mother.