Iain Banks 1

[...]after graduating, Banks hitchhiked around Europe, and then took a series of jobs, working for almost a decade (some of it in the south of England) as a dustman, a hospital porter and a clerk, with stints at IBM and British Steel, while steadily devoting himself to his writing. [...]his first bo...

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Published inTelegraph.co.uk
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Telegraph Media Group Limited 09.06.2013
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Summary:[...]after graduating, Banks hitchhiked around Europe, and then took a series of jobs, working for almost a decade (some of it in the south of England) as a dustman, a hospital porter and a clerk, with stints at IBM and British Steel, while steadily devoting himself to his writing. [...]his first book appeared, he plastered the walls of his room with rejection slips.