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I wouldn't like to be a character in one of my books!

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Iain Banks
Age: 59 †
Born: 1954
Born: February 16
Died: 2013
Died: June 9
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Iain M. Banks
Iain Menzies Banks
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I'm a devoted husband. That must strike you as totally deviant.
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