Banks

As I'm sure many were, I was shocked to hear the sad news about Iain Banks. A fine storyteller, I have read many of his novels although there's one* I always come back to...

Nothing could ever beat this as an opening to a novel:

It was the day my grandmother exploded.

I wish him all the best in the days to come.

* The Crow Road. No idea why I've got two copies of Walking on Glass.