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The quarry

Iain Banks

2013326 pagesabout 5–7 hours
2013
first published
  • 2013Hachette DigitalISBN 9781405513142
  • 2013326 pages · ENGISBN 9781408703946
  • 2013RedHook Books · 326 pages · ENGISBN 9780316281867
  • 2013W F Howes LtdISBN 9781471246678
  • 2014Hachette · ENGISBN 9780349138596
  • 2014Redhook · 327 pages · ENGISBN 9780316281836
  • 2013Redhook · 332 pagesISBN 9780316281843

Kit doesn't know who his mother is. What he does know, however, is that his father, Guy, is dying of cancer. Feeling his death is imminent, Guy gathers around him his oldest friends - or at least the friends with the most to lose by his death. Paul - the rising star in the Labour party who dreads the day a tape they all made at university might come to light; Alison and Robbie, corporate bunnies whose relationship is daily more fractious; Pris and Haze, once an item, now estranged, and finally Hol - friend, mentor, former lover and the only one who seemed to care. But what will happen to Kit when Guy is gone? And why isn't Kit's mother in the picture? As the friends reunite for Guy's last days, old jealousies, affairs and lies come to light as Kit watches on.

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