THE WASP FACTORY

by Banks, Iain

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1984 First US edition, first prnt. Signed by Banks on the title page. Dustjacket corners and spine ends just touched. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Near Fine dustjacket with an archival cover.
Banks' first novel.
Signed by Author. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Book summary

Chosen in a British poll as one of the 100 most important books of the 20th century, this 1984 novel about a family's strange and repulsive secret has become a cult classic. Sixteen years old, Frankie has developed behavioral patterns involving the ritualistic killings of animals and insects to help predict daily events. As each successive day pass, Frankie receives phone call from older half-brother, Paul, who has escaped from an institution and is working his way home.