Join the author for a discussion of his Culture novel Use of Weapons at Kings Place on 1 August

Date: Wednesday 1 August

Time: 7.30pm

Venue: Hall One

Price: £9.50/£11.50

Book Tickets

Iain M Banks joins John Mullan for a discussion of his third Culture novel, Use of Weapons. Cheradenine Zakalwe, born outside the Culture, was recruited into it by Special Circumstances agent Diziet Sma. As its foremost agent, he manipulates the destinies of less advance civilizations to suit the Culture's purposes through intrigue, dirty tricks and military action. The novel is told through two narratives: the first follows his latest mission for Sma and the drone Skaffen-Amtiskaw, the second, in reverse chronology, reveals the horrors in his past.

Iain Banks came to widespread and controversial public notice with the publication of his debut novel, The Wasp Factory, in 1984. His first novel in the Culture series, Consider Phlebas, was published in 1987. He has continued to write both mainstream fiction (as Iain Banks) and science fiction (as Iain M. Banks).

Tickets are £9.50 online or £11.50 from the box office:

Box office: 020 7520 1490

www.kingsplace.co.uk