The Steep Approach to Garbadale by Iain Banks
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Added by: stoker | Karma: 5556.59 | Audiobooks | 3 September 2010 |
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The Steep Approach to Garbadale by Iain Banks
Dark family secrets, a long-lost love affair and a multi-million pound gaming business lie at the heart of Iain Banks' fabulous new novel . The Wopuld family have built their fortune on a board game called EMPIRE. It has transferred remarkably well to the computer generation and now the American Spraint corporation want to buy them out. |
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Tags: Banks, family, remarkably, transferred, EMPIRE, Steep, Approach, Garbadale |
The Steep Approach to Garbadale
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Added by: englishcology | Karma: 4552.53 | Fiction literature | 10 September 2008 |
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 "The Steep Approach to Garbadale" is the latest literary novel by Iain Banks. Alban, exiled son of the wealthy Wopuld family, has been invited back into the fold for a crucial meeting at the family's Highland retreat (the Garbadale of the title). For several generations the Wopulds have made their fortune in producing the boardgame "Empire!", but now an American corporation wants to buy them out. |
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Tags: Garbadale, Steep, Approach, Wopulds, their |