Iain Banks daring new novel opens in a loft apartment in the East End in aformer factory due to be knocked down in a few days. Ken Nott is a devoutlycontrarian ... » 

Iain Banks daring new novel opens in a loft apartment in the East End in aformer factory due to be knocked down in a few days. Ken Nott is a devoutlycontrarian vaguely left wing radio shockjock living in London. After a weddingbreakfast people start dropping fruits from a balcony on to a deserted carparkten storeys below then they start dropping other things an old TV thatdoesnt work a blown loudspeaker beanbags other unwanted furniture...Thenthey get carried away and start dropping things that are still working whilewrecking the rest of the apartment. But mobile phones start ringing and theyretold to turn on a TV because a plane has just crashed into the World TradeCentre. At ease with the volatility of modernity Iain Banks is also our mostaccomplished literary writer of narrativedriven adventure stories that neverignore the injustices and moral conundrums of the real world. His new noveldisplays his trademark dark wit buoyancy and momentum. «