Description
Three seemingly disconnected lives unfold in this darkly imaginative novel: a paranoid roadmender convinced he is a galactic admiral trapped on Earth, an art student walking anxiously toward a complicated romantic encounter, and a pair of prisoners condemned to solve an impossible riddle in a distant castle. As their stories gradually echo and intersect, the boundaries between reality, memory, fantasy, and delusion become increasingly uncertain. Blending psychological unease, science-fiction invention, wry humor, and poignant human vulnerability, the novel explores obsession, isolation, identity, and the stories people create to make sense of a bewildering world.
Available Editions
paperback
Abacus
Published Apr 1, 1992
352 pages
ISBN: 9780349101781
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Details
First Published
1985
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Walking on Glass by Iain Banks.