The Wasp Factory

by

Iain Banks

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Old Saul’s Skull

Old Saul, the family’s dog, attacked Frank when Frank was a small child, and supposedly castrated him. Angus immediately killed Old Saul and buried him in the Skull Grounds. Ten years later, Frank…

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The Specimen Jar

In the book’s final chapters, Frank breaks into Angus’s office and discovers what he thinks are his genitals preserved in a jar. Seeing what he believes to be his own testicles preserved like this…

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