Bizarre Banks Concidence

I live in a tiny town in rural NZ - I had a computer problem and Iain Banks wife's brother came to fix it! He saw my shelves of his books and we had a great chat about Banks for an hour. Apparently his mum lives here too but she's estranged from Iains wife and they don't talk anymore. Anyway, I'm off mountain biking with him at the weekend on the back of it, god help my poor legs!