The Quarry

'A QUIETLY INCENDIARY PIECE OF

WRITING, AT TIMES HEARTBREAKING,

AT OTHER TIMES REALLY WONDERFULLY

FUNNY...A PROFOUNDLY HUMANE,

FUNNY AND SMART NOVEL'

INDEPENDENT

A dying man and his only son.

Six old friends.

A missing videotape.

And a reunion in a crumbling

house on the edge of

The Quarry

'Wonderfully exuberant... written with the life-enhancing

verve characteristic of Banks' best work'

SCOTSMAN

'Infallibly entertaining'

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