Book summary

In a pair of parallel stories, two foreigners--one a doctor and one a soldier--each arrive in different cities and manage to maneuver themselves into positions of influence with the political rulers there. Though this is a science fiction novel, it is not set within the borders of Banks' Culture series. A New York Times Notable Book for 2000.

Media reviews

"At first glance, INVERSIONS is a surprisingly low-key, small-scale production from Iain Banks, a prolific Scottish writer with a taste for spectacle and narrative pyrotechnics....In its own way, however, INVERSIONS equals the audacity of...previous Banks novels...[revealing] his story through the eyes of those who do not and cannot understand what's really going on. Overall Banks has pulled off a remarkable feat of narrative sleight-of-hand. INVERSIONS is extremely clever, yet not cynical. Perhaps the most audacious thing about INVERSIONS is its optimism, its sense of hope and burgeoning possibility."

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