Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8375 in Books
• Published on: 1994-09-08
• Binding: Hardcover
• 320 pages

Synopsis
COMPLICITY n. 1. the fact of being an accomplice, esp. in a criminal act A few spliffs, a spot of mild S&M, phone through the copy for tomorrow's front page, catch up with the latest from your mystery source - could be big, could be very big - in fact, just a regular day at the office for free-wheeling, substance-abusing Cameron Colley, a fully paid-up Gonzo hack on an Edinburgh newspaper. The source is pretty thin, but Cameron senses a scoop and checks out a series of bizarre deaths from a few years ago - only to find that the police are checking out a series of bizarre deaths that are happening right now. And Cameron just might know more about it than he'd care to admit ...Involvement; connection; liability - Complicity is a stunting exploration of the morality of greed, corruption and violence, venturing fearlessly into the darker recesses of human purpose.

Customer Reviews

I Liked It
It did take me a while to actually get into it, but once I did it was enjoyable.

It has made me curious about his other books.

A bit contrived
With a desperately unlikely plot that seems to be just a thin excuse for describing pornographically horrific murders with glee and relish, and a rather heavy-going and self-conscious polemic on what constitutes guilt and innocense in the modern world, I found this a contrived and awkward novel. Nonetheless, such is Banks' gift for the cliff-hanger and the page-turner, I read on regardless into the wee small hours. Probably not his best work, but still carved with a sharp, twisted and brilliant knife.

When Banks was fun..
Along with The wasp factory and Consider phlebas this is Banks 's best book.A wannabe gonzo journalist ( drugs , drink ,rock and roll and brilliant sounding computer games.) gets mixed up with morally outraged serial killer.Death and sex and consumer goods it's all here and it's bloody good fun and graphic and funny.
After this banks got serious and a little worthy and dull.