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{{quote| ''"Two years after I killed Blyth I murdered my young brother Paul, for quite different and more fundamental reasonns than I'd disposed of Blyth, and then a year after that I did for my young cousin Esmerelda, more or less on a whim."''}}

{{quote|''"Two years after I killed Blyth I murdered my young brother Paul, for quite different and more fundamental reasonns than I'd disposed of Blyth, and then a year after that I did for my young cousin Esmerelda, more or less on a whim."''}}

{{quote| ''"That's my score to date. Three. I haven't killed anybody for years, and don't intend to ever again."''}}

{{quote|''"That's my score to date. Three. I haven't killed anybody for years, and don't intend to ever again."''}}

''''The Wasp Factory"'' is a 1984 novel written by [[Iain Banks]]. It tells the story of Frank Cauldhame, your average sixteen year-old murdererous sociopath who lives with his highly secretive father on an isolated island in North East Scotland. Frank's daily routine consists of disturbing shamanistic rituals, which include brutal animal sacrifice, that he believes give him control over the island. In addition to this he has also murdered three members of his family.