A review by jmoses
Excession by Iain M. Banks

5.0

Indeed, this is the Culture book I've been craving. The Culture is the story in this one, and it's a big complicated, wheels within wheels story. A variety of interesting characters with their own private dramas help keep the main story intimate, which is appropriate for the immensity of the situations. On finishing, all I can think is that "it's turtles all the way down."