In a 2008 reflection on his novel in the Guardian, author Ian Banks notes that he began writing the book as “something resembling. He provides context for his and Eric’s actions, and can point to the root causes for many of their strangest behaviors, causing the reader to wonder about the boundaries of sanity versus insanity, and who is truly sane or insane. Their behavior is objectively abnormal, when not actively criminal, but Frank’s unreliable though unemotional and rational narration depicts his behavior especially as sane and reasonable. Frank has murdered three children, frequently tortures animals, and believes he can tell the future through interactions with wasps, while Eric likes to set dogs on fire, and was once institutionalized for trying to feed maggots to local children. Brothers Frank and Eric Cauldhame both exhibit behaviors far beyond the bounds of acceptable human conduct.
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