The Business

Kate Telman is a senior executive officer in The Business, a powerful and massively discreet transglobal organisation whose origins predate the Christian Church. Financially transparent, internally democratic, it wants to buy its own State to gain a seat at the United Nations. Kate's job is to keep abreast of current technological developments and her global reach stretches from Silicon Valley to the remote Himalayas. In the course of her journey Kate must peel away layers of emotional insulation and the assumptions of a lifetime. She must learn to control the world at arm's length. To take control, she has to do The Business. 'For any lover of a good story well told, a new book by Iain Banks is always a treat. Imagination, wit, and complexity are his hallmarks and The Business is no exception' Sunday Express 'A poisoned bonbon, a bitter fairy tale... The Business is the business' Independent 'Devilishly inventive and inventively devilish' Sunday Times