![]() ![]() ![]() Kit describes the fire and the flames and how it becomes more furious and angry, turbo charged and excited. They all stand mesmerised by the fire watching it devour moth-eaten carpets, old wooden cupboards, boxes of paper, and bags filled with old clothes that Guy thought were too tattered to give to a charity shop. ![]() It is a huge pile of junk that they have cleared out of the house (Guy was a hoarder). The heart of the story to me is the moment when Guy, his son Kit and the visiting friends are standing around the bonfire that they have just lit. Part of the story talks of how Guy deals with his fear of the disease, which is partially autobiographical as Iain Banks himself died of cancer only weeks before ‘The Quarry’ (which was his 27 th novel), was published. The owner of the house, Guy, is dying of cancer and his only son, Kit, aged 17, is the narrator of the story. In his final novel ‘The Quarry’ Iain Banks writes about six old friends who have a reunion in a crumbling house at the edge of a quarry. This is the grain of truth that sums it all up.’ The point where you feel ‘This is what I really have to say here. And while I have never attempted to write a full novel, I still know the narcotic and giddy feeling you get as a writer when you reach that point in whatever you are writing, be it a poem, an article or an essay. ![]() The most enjoyable part of reading a novel for me is when I identify and get to the heart and core of the book’s message. ![]()
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