The Wasp Factory

A novel that, according to the Independent, is on the list of «100 best books of the 20th century».
The book has become cult for several generations of contemporary prose enthusiasts.
One of the most unusual and significant works of the last century.
The story of a seventeen-year-old Scottish boy, Frank Coldhame - either a genius, or a dangerous madman, or a druid of some whimsical and cruel religion.
He predicts the future using a ritual mechanism of his own invention. He makes bloody sacrifices at the Sacrificial Pillars. He is obsessed with death, freedom, and loneliness and is convinced that he knows everything about his small, secluded world.
He fears only one thing – the big outside world. As if he senses: sooner or later, trouble will come from there…