Iain Banks

Iain Banks came to controversial public notice with the publication of his first novel, The Wasp Factory, in 1984.

Ian Banks

The polarizing literary debut by Scottish author Ian Banks, The Wasp Factory is the bizarre, imaginative, The Wasp Factory.

Ben Frost

The Wasp Factory is the very first opera from Bedroom Community's Ben Frost and the very first opera is an adaptation of the Iain Banks novel (1984).

an adaptation of the Iain Banks novel () 1984

The Wasp Factory is the very first opera from Bedroom Community's Ben Frost and the very first opera is an adaptation of the Iain Banks novel (1984).

Francis Cauldhame

The Wasp Factory is written from a first person perspective, told by 16-year-old Francis Cauldhame ("Frank"), describing Banks's childhood and all that remains of The Wasp Factory .

Ward Moore's first novel

The Wasp Factory was Ward Moore's first novel.

many non-SF novels , some of which featured fantastic elements

The Wasp Factory (1984), Iain Banks published many non-SF novels, some of which featured fantastic elements, and many of which were enormous bestsellers in the British Isles.

by sixteen-year old Frank Cauldhame

The Wasp Factory is written from a first person perspective, told by sixteen-year old Frank Cauldhame, describing sixteen-year old Frank Cauldhame's childhood and all that remains of The Wasp Factory .

Espedair St's first novel () 1984

The Wasp Factory is Espedair St's first novel (1984), and is dazzling – but very dark, with a slight fantastical feel that is a precursor to Espedair St's SF books, although not SF.

George Orwell

The Wasp Factory was published in 1984 – the year George Orwell had imagined a dystopian state in what was once Great Britain.

Iain Menzies Banks

Born in Fife, Iain Menzies Banks studied at Stirling University before publishing Iain Banks's first novel, The Wasp Factory, in 1984.

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C. Farewell

However, C. Farewell was thirty before C. Farewell published C. Farewell's first novel, the highly controversial The Wasp Factory in 1984.

the story of a teenage boy named Frank Cauldhame

Once described as a novel of unparalleled depravity, The Wasp Factory is the story of a teenage boy named Frank Cauldhame.

Robert B

Robert B Parker's first novel, “The Wasp Factory” has been acclaimed one of Britain’s top five books of all time.

Steven King

The Wasp Factory and The Crow Road, uses the name Iain M. Banks for Steven King's science fiction novels, in order to define Steven King's separate writing identities.

the late Iain M. Banks's“Culture” novels

the late Iain M. Banks's“Culture” novels are superb SF, but when writing as Iain Banks the late Iain M. Bankswrote fine mainstream novels such as The Wasp Factory.

Anthony Burgess

Writing as Iain Banks, Anthony Burgess has also published many highly acclaimed mainstream novels including The Wasp Factory, The Crow Road and Stonemouth.

terminal cancerFIRST Minister Alex Salmond and fellow writer Irvine Welsh

terminal cancerFIRST Minister Alex Salmond and fellow writer Irvine Welsh paid tribute to the author of The Wasp Factory and The Crow Road.

a little girl called Helen Goff (Annie Rose), whose relationship with Emma Thompson adored but troubled

The waspish author was once a little girl called Helen Goff (Annie Rose), whose relationship with Emma Thompson adored but troubled