Iain Banks - "Ashamed to be British"
Written by Amblongus
Published March 24, 2003
Published March 24, 2003
According to his letter in Saturday's Guardian, Scottish novelist Iain Banks, author of Dead Air, The Wasp Factory, Complicity, The Crow Road and plenty more, has apparently destroyed his passport and sent the remains to Tony Blair as a protest at Britain's involvement in the invasion of Iraq....
Update: Bank's latest novel, Dead Air doesn't seem to be available in the USA. Try Amazon.co.uk.
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- Iain Banks - "Ashamed to be British"
- Published: March 24, 2003
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If the majority of the British had their way, Saddam could keep creating mass graves to his heart's content. Ashamed to be British? Indeed!
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"Dead Air" is available in Canada, so you should be able to order from amazon.ca or chapters.ca (or phone Book City in Toronto 501 Bloor Street West
ph: 416-961-4496 - no web, they just want it to go away)