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The Wasp Factory
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
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The Wasp Factory
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Publisher's Summary
The Wasp Factory is a bizarre, imaginative, disturbing, and darkly comic look into the mind of a child psychopath - one of the most infamous of contemporary Scottish novels.
"Two years after I killed Blyth, I murdered my young brother Paul, for quite different and more fundamental reasons than I'd disposed of Blyth, and then a year after that I did for my young cousin Esmerelda, more or less on a whim. That's my score to date. Three. I haven't killed anybody for years, and don't intend to ever again. It was just a stage that I was going through."
Enter - if you can bear it - the extraordinary private world of Frank, just 16, and unconventional, to say the least.
Critic Reviews
"One of the most brilliant first novels I have come across." (The Telegraph)
"One of the top 100 novels of the century." (The Independent)
"Brilliant...irresistible...compelling." (New York Times)
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- Mariner
- 15-08-2015
Gruesome but well written
Pretty gruesome in places and may disturb animal lovers. But a good story and well written. The narrator seemed a little strange at first but improved as the book went on.
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- elizabeth b.
- 19-05-2021
It’s mad......mad and fun
Iain Banks Is a terrific writer and his imagination flying. Peter Kenny a gentle voice very easy to listen to. The story is different very clever but a very boys story. It’s not for every one.
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- Grace Less
- 25-04-2016
Out there & compelling
I purchased this book from Audible after having it on my list of books to get one day. It was the second audio book I'd ever listened to & the narrator was pretty great - especially given that this is told from the first person perspective.
Frank is a bit on the crazy side & the story goes through sections of high intensity then long, over described plateaus. I never got bored with it, just sometimes thought there were sections with too many unnecessary words. It did, however, do a good job at portraying an unstable & troubled mind.
I personally felt like the book ended really quickly. It worked, but I feel like I wanted that bit too drag out a bit more.
Definitely an odd & compelling book. Recommended.
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- Amazon Customer
- 22-01-2019
Not for the faint of heart
Brilliant piece of literature. Funny and grotesque, full of suspense and dark humor. Well worth the time.
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- Anonymous User
- 05-05-2021
Strange, very strange...
I thought I would give this book a chance. Started on a strange note and it basically remained on that plateau.
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- Joseph
- 19-06-2016
Great novel poorly delivered
Banks got his psycho thriller poorly read. Dull monotonous voice
Read and enjoy the book, skip the audio
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