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Opinion: My family values: Iain Banks Writer 
EducationGuardian.co.uk | by Michelle Hodgson | Fri, Feb 6
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I got grief from my uncles when The Wasp Factory was published. My middle name is Menzies but I took the "M" out of my name and was published as Iain Banks. I decided to put it back in for my science-fiction books. I found out years later that our original family name was Menzies. My paternal grandfa...
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