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Title	:	Complicity
Author	:	Iain Banks
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 313 pages
Published	:	2003 by Abacus (first published 1993)
Categories	:	Fiction. Mystery. Crime. Thriller. Contemporary

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COMPLICITY n. 1. the fact of being an accomplice, esp. in a criminal act.

Local journalist Cameron Colley writes articles that are idealistic, from the viewpoint of the underdog. A twisted serial killer seems to have the same MO - he commits brutal murders on behalf of the underdog. As the two stories begin to merge, Cameron finds himself inextricably and inexplicably implicated by the killer.

When the arms dealer whom Cameron plans to expose is found literally "disarmed" before Cameron can even put pen to paper and the brewery chief, loathed by Cameron, who sold out at the expense of his workers finds himself permanently unemployable, the police become convinced of Cameron's guilt, as do half his friends and colleagues, forcing Cameron to employ all his investigative skills to find the real killer and his motive.

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Original Title:	Complicity
ISBN:	0349105715 (ISBN13: 9780349105710)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Cameron Colley
Setting:	Edinburgh, Scotland Scotland

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Ratings: 3.86 From 11434 Users | 351 Reviews

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Really enjoyed this. But keep mixing it up with another Iain Banks I read roughly at the same time.

The most masterful quality of Iain Banks' novel titled Complicity is its use of first and second person narration. Cameron Colley is a drug abusing journalist who is barely making it and is betting his reputation on a mysterious source giving information on a series of murders from five years ago. We read his story through his eyes, in first person. Alternately we are vicariously led by second person narration through a series of murders and humiliation assaults in present day London. These two

This is the Iain Banks I like best. A clever plot, well executed with a likeable protagonist. The second-person narrative to describe the murders is a clever device that makes the reader complicit in the crimes and helps Banks to defer identifying the murderer until it was absolutely necessary.Masterful storytelling.

Currently reading a succession of Iain Banks novels (not his sci fi yet). Great writer. Why did I not discover him before? So far I've read Stonemouth, good not great. Whit and Complicity great, ingenious. Solid plots, narrative I feel like reading aloud. Just started The Crow Road. So far so interesting.

The sad occasion that made me pick up this particular book was reading about Iain Banks terminal illness and realising that I'd never got around to reading any of his books. Giving it only three stars is not really fair, as it is quite excellent in its genre. It's probably more that I'm a bit tired of the thriller/crime-fic/social indignation genre...It's a well enough thought out story and the protagonist, a traditional "hack", is quite credible. I always love it when books are set in Scotland

Novels. Doncha just love them! This one was Vincent-Price-in-Theatre-of-Blood (ha ha - you worm!) crossed with the collected Marxism Today editorials of the 1980s crossed with Carry On Camping. Just, in fact, like Jonathan Coe's What a Carve Up! which came out around the same time, like when Hollywood comes out with two suspiciously similar movies at once (A Bug's Life & Antz, Capote and Infamous). I didnt care for it and I can't think it would stand up these days. But there should be

You can definitely tell that this is one of Banks' early(ish) works - the dark thread which runs through it - the drugs, sex and general disgust with the human condition - is so prevalent that at times you could be reading Irvine Welsh. Solid plot - a good thriller with a lot to say about the state of the world (depressingly applicable to today's society despite it being written in 1993). Engaging characters - couldn't help but like the protagonist though I think he's actually kind of a dick,