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Paperback edition of the latest Culture novel from the master of high concept sci-fi. Lededje Y'breq is one of the Intagliated, her marked body bearing witness to a family shame, her life belonging to a man with a lust for power. Her release comes at a price, and to put things right she'll need the help of the Culture. Previous novel "Matter" sold over 150,000 copies. 'There is now no British SF writer to whose work I look forward with greater keenness' "The Times"
Synopsis
SURFACE DETAIL is Iain M. Banks' new Culture novel, a breathtaking achievement from a writer whose body of work is without parallel in the modern history of science fiction.
