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BANKS**, IAIN M[enzies]: : THE BUSINESS

LONDON.LITTLE,BROWN & COMPANY,1999.

ISBN 0316648442.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[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.Born 16 February 1954 - died 9 June 2013.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,b/w pictorial illustration by Peter Brown,illustrated front panel of dw/dj with white lettering to same and the spine and rear panel with critics' reviews to rear; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Book has a slight lean.Top edges generally clean but with minimal,sporadic foxing/spotting streaks,fore-edges brighter and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,otherwise appears unread - apart from my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, original plain black cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked white ink printed decoration+ letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate black endpapers - ffe+rear pastedown with glossy black and red-eyed creature illustration from dw/dj's design.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-393pp [paginated] includes 12 chapters+epilogue - all with b/w illustrated headpieces design from dw/dj illustration; plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title page and a dedication. Kate Telman is a senior executive officer in The Business,a powerful and massively discreet transglobal organisation whose origins predate the Christian Church if not the Roman Empire (which The Business actually owned for 66 days). Financially transparent,internally democratic and disavowing conventional familial inheritance,the character of The Business seems,even to Kate,to be vague to the point of invisibility.It possesses,allegedly,a book of Leonardo cartoons,dozens of Michelangelo's pornographic paintings and several sets of Crown Jewels.It has a permanent base in Antarctica,and wants to buy its own State in order to acquire a seat at the United Nations. Kate's job is to keep abreast of current technological developments and her global reach encompasses both Silicon Valley and Silicon Glen,a ranch in Nebraska,the firm's secretive Swiss headquarters,and a remote Himalayan principality.In the course of her journey Kate must peel away layers of emotional insulation and the assumptions of a lifetime.She must learn to keep her world at arm's length. To take control,she has to do The Business. Please contact seller for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,the stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the less expensive book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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