'Wasp Factory' author Iain Banks says he is dying of cancer

One of Scotland's greatest writers announces he has 'several months' to live following cancer diagnosis

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IAIN BANKS, the renowned Scottish author whose novels include The Wasp Factory and The Crow Road, has just months to live after being diagnosed with terminal cancer.

The 59-year-old broke the news on his website today. He said the novel he is working on, The Quarry, would be his last because "as a late stage gall-bladder cancer patient, I'm expected to live for 'several months' and it's extremely unlikely I'll live beyond a year".

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