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Comment author: Algernoq 21 July 2014 03:02:21AM *  1 point [-]

ugly and vulgar but not very disturbing

I also was disgusted by "Player of Games", the only Banks novel I read. Is all of Banks' writing like this?

Comment author: David_Gerard 21 July 2014 02:43:54PM 1 point [-]

My first Banks was The Wasp Factory, which is pretty much a tour de force of tastelessness; all further examples are much less severe.