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Free Iain Banks audiobook download for every reader - PART 3

THE WASP FACTORY

Wednesday, 2 April 2008

The Independent has teamed up with audible.co.uk to offer readers a free audio download of Iain Banks’ cult classic novel ‘The Wasp Factory’.

Over the course of the week you will be able to download the chapters from this celebrated novel and by Friday 11 April you will have all of the parts you need to make up the complete 6-hour audiobook.

TO DOWNLOAD PART THREE CLICK HERE and follow the prompts to receive the first part of this unmissable series. There is no obligation to purchase and no billing information will be taken. Your audiobook can be played on over 500 different devices including iPods, mobile phones and sat navs. Or simply burn to disc and listen on most CD players.

For details on how to download the next instalment, see The Independent print edition tomorrow.

Published in 1984, ‘The Wasp Factory’ was Iain Banks first novel. A powerful and provocative read, this novel tells the story of Frank Cauldhame.

Frank - no ordinary sixteen-year-old - lives with his father outside a remote Scottish village. Their life is, to say the least, unconventional. Frank's mother abandoned them years ago, his elder brother Eric is confined to a psychiatric hospital and his father measures out his eccentricities on an imperial scale. Frank has turned to strange acts of violence to vent his frustrations. In the bizarre daily rituals there is some solace. But when news comes of Eric's escape from the hospital Frank has to prepare the ground for his brother's inevitable return - an event that explodes the mysteries of the past and changes Frank utterly.
©2007 Hachette Audio; (P)2007 Hachette Audio

Audible.co.uk has over 18,000 books to download and enjoy. To get 30 per cent off other Iain Banks titles and cult classics such as Catch-22 and Lolita, visit www.audible.co.uk/iainbanks.

Terms and conditions: 1. To claim your download you will need to register with a valid email address. 2. You must be 18 years old or over and a UK resident to use the audible.co.uk service. 3. For full terms and conditions, see audible.co.uk/terms . 4. The instalments will be available to download until Friday 18 April 2008.

If you have missed any part of The Wasp Factory send a SAE along with a contact number and email address to Customer Services, Independent House, 191 Marsh Wall, London E14 9RS and we will send you details of how to claim the free download.

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