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The Wasp Factory

Iain Banks · 1984

194 pages

On a remote Scottish island, sixteen-year-old Frank lives by strange rituals and guards family secrets. His routine shifts when his older brother escapes from a hospital and comes home, and the story Frank tells about himself begins to come apart.

Tropes

Unreliable Narrator, Twist Ending, Psychological Thriller, Creeping Dread, Villain Protagonist, Deserted Island

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