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The Wasp Factory
Iain Banks
Literary Fiction / Horror
The Wasp Factory
by Iain Banks
—· 194 p· 1984
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Frank, no ordinary sixteen-year-old, lives with his father outsIde a remote Scottish village. Their life is, to say the least, unconventional. Frank's mother abandoned them years ago: his elder brother Eric is confined to a psychiatric hospital; and his father measures out his eccentricities on an imperial scale. Frank has turned to strange acts of violence to vent his frustrations. In the bizarre daily rituals there is some solace. But when news comes of Eric's escape from the hospital Frank ha…
Pages
194
Villard
Linguistic complexity
3/5
Moderate
Thematic complexity
4/5
Rich
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Unreliable Narrator
10
Narration
9
Plot twists
9
Psychological Intensity
9
Prose
8
Emotional depth
7
Pacing
7
Worldbuilding
6
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My experience
private
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The Wasp Factory
Iain Banks
Literary Fiction / Horror
The Wasp Factory
by Iain Banks
— · —· 194 pages· 1984
darkhauntingmysterioustense
Frank, no ordinary sixteen-year-old, lives with his father outsIde a remote Scottish village. Their life is, to say the least, unconventional. Frank's mother abandoned them years ago: his elder brother Eric is confined to a psychiatric hospital; and his father measures out his eccentricities on an imperial scale. Frank has turned to strange acts of violence to vent his frustrations. In the bizarre daily rituals there is some solace. But when news comes of Eric's escape from the hospital Frank ha…