"Imperii Ła!", ili Krutye podstupy k Garbadei lu
by Iain M. Banks
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Dark family secrets and a long-lost love affair lie at the heart of Iain Banks's fabulous new novel.
The Wopuld family built its fortune on a board game called Empire! - now a hugely successful computer game. So successful, the American Spraint Corp wants to buy the firm out. Young renegade Alban, who has been evading the family clutches for years, is run to ground and persuded to attend the forthcoming family gathering - part birthday party, part Extraordinary General Meeting - convened by Win, Wopuld matriarch and most powerful member of the board, at Garbadale, the family's highland castle.
Being drawn back into the bosom of the clan brings a disconcerting confrontation with Alban's past. What drove his mother to take her own life? And is he ready to see Sophie, his beautiful cousin and teenage love? Grandmother Win's revelations wll radically alter Alban's perspective for ever.
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"Imperii Ła!", ili Krutye podstupy k Garbadei lu
2010, "Domino", "E KSMO"
in Russian
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The Steep Approach to Garbadale
October 5, 2007, MacAdam Cage
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1596922710 9781596922716
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The Steep Approach to Garbadale
2007, Little, Brown and Co., LITTLE, BROWN & COMPANY
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Translation of: The steep approach to Garbadale.
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