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Banks, Iain : Dead Air

Little, Brown, London, 2002

ISBN 9780316860543

Fine copy in fine dust jacket, 8vo, 408 pp., Signed by the author on the title page. First printing.

1st

BANKS**, IAIN: : DEAD AIR. **

LONDON.LITTLE,BROWN,2002.

ISBN 0316860549.

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.] NFINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,clean,white background,sepia scenic photographic illustrated upper panel of dw/dj with white lettering,critics' black lettered reviews) to rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing to both head+foot of spine/ backstrip,front inner flap's lower corner lightly creased,as is the rear's top edge of the rear inner flap - all constituting the majority of the creasing.To both front+rear board's top edges towards spine/backstrip's gutter edges, have some inexplicable minor,minimal indents - but without commensurate indents on dw/dj. Described hard but fairly and honestly - nowhere as bad as it reads or would appear on viewing. Top edges aged/toned - as usual - with some minimal dust-soiling,fore-edges less aged/toned so brighter and cleaner; contents bright - apart from page-edge toning - tight,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain dark brown cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked white ink letters to spine/backstrip and bright,immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3-408pp [paginated] includes 13 chapters - each with a small b/w photograph vignette (from dw/dj design) chapter headpiece; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,contents list/table,and individual chapter separator pages. Want more Iain BANKS titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS, MODERN FIRSTS2, 1001 Book You Must Read Before You Die and SIGNED catalogues. Iain Banks' new novel starts with a bang and then accelerates through one man's political obsessions,manic media manipulations and wildly dangerous private life,speeding through a London of pubs,clubs and geezers of extreme dodginess to a twinned climax of nail-shredding intensity. A novel about politics,trust,paranoia and - perhaps - redemption,'Dead Air' is Ian Banks at his coruscating best. 'Dead Air' is a deliberate parody of the cynicism of political and social self-awareness. "Shock-jock" Ken Nott's politics,while palatable to most contemporary readers,are also presented through such a morally bankrupt man that they are rendered as unpalatable as the Holocaust-refuter whom Nott attempts to thwart by punching in the face (and then denying it ever happened). Bank focuses on a series of set piece hypotheses about the state of the world in the new century, in which he highlights the preoccupation of the middle classes with their own beliefs,while at the same time exposing the individual to the reader's scrutiny. There is little to endear Ken Nott to the reader,and his promiscuous,expensive lifestyle has all of the hallmarks of 1980's callousness, spread with a veneer of pseudo-socialism that indeed makes it the perfect reflection of the downmarket world of "bright young things" in the early 2000's.In 'Dead Air',Banks is once again engaged by the recurring subtexts of the new millennium - avarice,cynicism,and pretensions to libertarianism.[EMcCS.] 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,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.

BANKS**, IAIN: : DEAD AIR. **

LONDON.LITTLE,BROWN,2002.

ISBN 0316860549.

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.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,clean,white background,sepia scenic photographic illustrated upper panel of dw/dj with white lettering,critics' black lettered reviews to rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing to both head+foot of spine/ backstrip.Top+fore-edges aged/toned - as usual - but still clean and free of any spotting/foxing; contents bright,tight,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, original plain dark brown cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked white ink letters to spine/ backstrip and bright,immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3-408pp [paginated] includes 13 chapters - each with a small b/w photograph vignette (from dw/dj design) chapter headpiece; plus [unpaginated], half-title+title pages,a dedication,a Contents list/table,and chapter separator pages. Want more Iain BANKS titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS, MODERN FIRSTS2, 1001 Book You Must Read Before You Die and SIGNED catalogues. Iain Banks' new novel starts with a bang and then accelerates through one man's political obsessions,manic media manipulations and wildly dangerous private life,speeding through a London of pubs, clubs and geezers of extreme dodginess to a twinned climax of nail-shredding intensity. A novel about politics,trust, paranoia and - perhaps - redemption,'Dead Air' is Ian Banks at his coruscating best. 'Dead Air' is a deliberate parody of the cynicism of political and social self-awareness. "Shock-jock" Ken Nott's politics,while palatable to most contemporary readers,are also presented through such a morally bankrupt man that they are rendered as unpalatable as the Holocaust-refuter whom Nott attempts to thwart by punching in the face (and then denying it ever happened). Bank focuses on a series of set piece hypotheses about the state of the world in the new century, in which he highlights the preoccupation of the middle classes with their own beliefs,while at the same time exposing the individual to the reader's scrutiny. There is little to endear Ken Nott to the reader,and his promiscuous,expensive lifestyle has all of the hallmarks of 1980's callousness, spread with a veneer of pseudo-socialism that indeed makes it the perfect reflection of the downmarket world of "bright young things" in the early 2000's.In 'Dead Air',Banks is once again engaged by the recurring subtexts of the new millennium - avarice,cynicism,and pretensions to libertarianism.[EMcCS.] 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,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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