Iain Banks dies of cancer aged 59

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Author Iain Banks has died aged 59, two months after announcing he had terminal cancer, his family has said.

The Scottish writer revealed in April he was suffering from terminal gall bladder cancer and was unlikely to live for more than a year.

He was best known for his novels The Wasp Factory, The Crow Road and Complicity.

In a statement, his publisher said he was "an irreplaceable part of the literary world".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22835047

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In a statement, his publisher said he was "an irreplaceable part of the literary world".

I second that. He may not have been Charles Dickens or Shakespeare, but his stories were great to read.

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