{"product_id":"canal-dreams-iain-m-banks-9780349139234","title":"Canal Dreams","description":"\u003cb\u003e'Banks once again demonstrates his extraordinary dark powers of imagination' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHisako Onada, world-famous cellist, refuses to fly. And so she travels to Europe as a passenger on a tanker bound through the Panama Canal. But Panama is a country whose politics are as volatile as the local freedom fighters. When Hisako's ship is captured, it is not long before the atmosphere is as flammable as an oxy-acetylene torch, and the tension as sharp as the spike on the cello... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePraise for Iain Banks: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The most imaginative novelist of his generation'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'His verve and talent will always be recognised, and his work will always find and enthral new readers' \u003c\/b\u003eKen MacLeod, Guardian \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'His work was mordant, surreal, and fiercely intelligent' \u003c\/b\u003eNeil Gaiman \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An exceptional wordsmith'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eScotsman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Iain M. Banks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0349139237\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780349139234\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Abacus (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/09\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 4.90w x 0.80d","brand":"Iain M. Banks","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49082453262591,"sku":"9780349139234","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/canal-dreams-iain-m-banks-9780349139234","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}