Which Iain Banks novel has the name of a bird in the title? The book was also made into a television series.
Iain Banks Harrison and Dan Simmons as literary influences. "The Crow Road", published in 1992, was adapted as a BBC television series. Banks continued to write both science fiction and mainstream novels, with his final novel "The Quarry" published in June 2013, the month of his death. Banks published work under two names. His parents had intended to name him "Iain Menzies Banks", but his father made a mistake when registering the birth and "Iain Banks" became the officially registered name. Despite this error, Banks used the middle name and submitted "The Wasp Factory" for publication as "Iain M. Banks". Banks's editor
The Quarry (Iain Banks novel) The Quarry (Iain Banks novel) The Quarry is Iain Banks' final novel, which was published posthumously in late June 2013. It deals with an autistic youth, Kit, and his father, Guy, a misanthrope who is dying of cancer. The author, who died on 9 June 2013, was in the advanced phases of terminal gall bladder cancer at the time the book was being prepared for publication, although he did not discover this until the book was almost finished. The novel is said to draw from Banks's own experiences on this topic. The dates of publication of "The Quarry" were brought