{"product_id":"the-wasp-factory-9780684853154","title":"The Wasp Factory","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe polarizing literary debut by Scottish author Ian Banks, \u003ci\u003eThe Wasp Factory\u003c\/i\u003e is the bizarre, imaginative, disturbing, and darkly comic look into the mind of a child psychopath.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeet Frank Cauldhame. Just sixteen, and unconventional to say the least: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwo years after I killed Blyth I murdered my young brother Paul, for quite different and more fundamental reasons than I'd disposed of Blyth, and then a year after that I did for my young cousin Esmerelda, more or less on a whim. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThat's my score to date. Three. I haven't killed anybody for years, and don't intend to ever again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt was just a stage I was going through.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Iain Banks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/10\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780684853154","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42707001344137,"sku":"9780684853154","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_9f387d91-39f9-450a-acb8-27a899c9fab0.jpg?v=1719473488","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-wasp-factory-9780684853154","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}