Dead Air

[mrph]

From the hype, it looks like the new Iain Banks novel uses the WTC attacks as a major plot point.

I wish I could feel confident that he'd do something worthwhile with that subject matter - but there's a little bit of my brain that wonders if, to some degree, it's just a cheap trick to get some attention for a once-controversial author who's now getting stuck in a rut and becoming part of the establishment...

Or even worse - Banks attempting to be relevant and point out some hidden moral truths about the whole mess. I do hope not.