Banks Again

Iain Banks has released a new novel. I am getting to be an experienced reader now and this can also mean jaded however Banks continues to capture my desire for something out of the ordinary. Feersum Endjin has to be my favourite and I miss not having new Culture stories. However, The Algebraist is good enough for me. I actually had nothing to read on the bus this morning and had to look out the window. I saw something strange ... why should two people (young man and woman), who should have been lovers, be standing at a traffic light shaking hands for what seemed forever? Why? Give me something to get a grip on this please.