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Daniel Weir used to be a famous - not to say infamous - rock star. Maybe still is. At thirty-one he has been both a brilliant failure and a dull success. He's made a lot of mistakes that have paid off and a lot of smart moves he'll regret for ever.
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Spare, contemplative, character-led and classical in form.
- sparerichly built
- contemplativerelentless
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
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About the book
- Author
- Iain Banks
- First published
- 1987
- Pages
- 256
- Publisher
- Izd-vo "Domino", Ayrinti Yayinlari, "ĖKSMO"
- Editions
- 11
- Language
- tur, English, Russian
- ISBN
- 9785699051625
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Iain Banks (16 February 1954 – 9 June 2013) was a Scottish author. He wrote mainstream fiction under the name Iain Banks, and science fiction as Iain M. Banks, including the initial of his adopted middle name Menzies. In 2008, The Times named Banks in their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". Source: Wikipedia
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