Iain Banks Confusion!

[sithlord]

Can somebody please explain the ending of 'Walking On Glass'' by Iain Banks, for my fella please.He's just finished it and is totally confused. Serves him right, I told him to stick to Viz! (Mind you Roger Mellie throws him a bit!!) Cheers

[Quizmonkey]

Long time since I read this and don't remember the exact ending but...

There are three completely disparate stories in the book that you read chapter by chapter, until tiny little connections surface. By the end you realise that all three strands were linked after all, and it is one coherent story.

Did that help?!! Probably not...

[goldenboy]

again its been a while since i read it, but i think it had something to do with the fact that all realities are interconnected and are all true to an extent. the mad fellow grout solved the puzzle about the unstoppable force with the matchbook as a remember, and the bloke in the castle experienced life as an earthling when he stuck his head through the glass bowl. it did confuse me a lot but thats cos its very philosophical.

[Poglet]

x OMG, deffo stick to VIZ! Haven't got a clue but once read his book "Wasps". I have read a lot of books and can vaguely remember most but this, no way, think I wanted to forget it before I had finished it, which I had to do, cos you do, don't you! Wierd author, wouldn't like to be his counsellor, neighbour and certainly not related! x

[MargeC]

The last sentence (the first of the book he is reading) is the first of the book 'Walking on Glass'. It's designed just to mess with your head. I adored this book to bits, one of the best I have read. He is one sharp M************r, Iain Banks.