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Loading... The Business (1999)by Iain Banks
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Why is this called science fiction? There is no science in it unless I missed something. It was also a bit hard to understand the conspiracy. Nevertheless, Kathryn is an admirable character - straight-speaking and not fearful of her bosses. But I guess if you have as much money as she, there is no reason not to live according to your conscience and desires. ( ) A delightful satire on international finance and investment, rife with high-grade one-liners and a morlaity axis which one hopes could be possible. Not a great effort from Iain but one worth one's time. I've read that could be considered a proto-Culture novel, that such a qualification adds to the novel. I honestly don't know.
Kate Telman is a senior executive officer in The Business, a powerful and massively discreet transglobal organisation. Financially transparent, internally democratic and disavowing conventional familial inheritance, the character of The Business seems, even to Kate, to be vague to the point of invisibility. It possesses, allegedly, a book of Leonardo cartoons, several sets of Crown Jewels and wants to buy its own State in order to acquire a seat at the United Nations. Kate's job is to keep abreast of current technological developments and her global reach encompasses Silicon Valley, a ranch in Nebraska, the firm's secretive Swiss headquarters, and a remote Himalayan principality. In the course of her journey Kate must peel away layers of emotional insulation and the assumptions of a lifetime. She must learn to keep her world at arm's length. To take control, she has to do The Business. No library descriptions found. |
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