Use of Weapons

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This is a sexy book club where we talk about Iain M. Banks' book "Use of Weapons"
(and totally not just a way of seeing who's active so we can send pms)


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This is a sexy book club where we talk about Iain M. Banks' book "Use of Weapons"
(and totally not just a way of seeing who's active so we can send pms)

Hot.


I remember reading it a while back. That man writes like no one else. It's about the morally conflicted character of Special Circumstances agent Zakalwe, right?


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I remember reading it a while backā€¦

I am going to read it but yeah, one of the great masters. It's one of those kinds of books that seems to be about a lot of things. I'm expecting it to be about the trauma of total war so that sounds like it's what I'm looking for


Yeah, Banks always has layers upon layers to his stories. Use of Weapons is no exception. He's writing about the trauma of war, sure, but also about personal identity and memory, about the futility of revenge and the price of heroism. But don't expect a happy ending. This is Banks after all.


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