Scottish author Iain Banks dies of cancer, aged 59

Scottish author Iain Banks dies of cancer, aged 59
By Belinda Goldsmith LONDON (Reuters) - Novelist Iain Banks, who enlivened Scottish literature for three decades with his dark humor, has died from cancer just days before the release of his 27th and final novel "The Quarry". Banks announced he was suffering from the disease in April and said he had asked his partner, the author Adele Hartley, if "she will do me the honor of becoming my widow" - the ghoulish humor, he explained, helped them cope with his impending death. ...