A review by scrooge3
The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks

5.0

This stand-alone novel tells the story of Gurgeh, the greatest game player in the galaxy. But what he doesn't realize (but seemed fairly obvious to the reader) is that he is part of a political game with incredibly huge stakes. Banks paints a marvelous portrait of Gurgeh as he experiences an alien game and the emotional journey that it gives him.