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Canal Dreams (1989) #7 by Banks, Iain M. is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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Canal Dreams is a novel by Scottish writer Iain Banks, published in 1989.IntroductionFamous Japanese cellist Hisako Onoda boards a supertanker en route to her concert in Rotterdam, as she is afraid to fly. The ship is trapped in the Panama Canal as a result of an international crisis and anchors in Gatun Lake. Hisako is Banks' first female lead character (he uses others in Whit and The Business).Banks himself does not rate the book very highly: "I always worry, with all these things. Canal Dreams was my first attempt at a political thriller - an action book. As a political thriller it's not very good and a sign that it's not so good at what it's supposed to be doing is that it would be so easy to take the politics out and make a pro-CIA propaganda movie. If it's that easy to strip out, the political element, I haven't done my job properly.When asked about possible film rights in an interview, Banks replied: "Och yeah. At the moment there's some interest in Canal Dreams although I think I could only sell it to Oliver Stone, anybody else doesn't have the clout not to get shoved off the picture and they'd just make it and turn it into American CIA propaganda. ... Actually of all
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- Banks, Iain M.
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- EN
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- work of fiction
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