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Use of Weapons

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Use of Weapons	comment	Use of Weapons is a science-fiction novel of The Culture by Iain M. Banks. It focuses on Special Circumstances and their extensive use of the Omniscient Morality License via the character of mercenary-extraordinaire Cheradenine Zakalwe, a man from outside of the Culture, but who does their dirty work.This is actually the first novel Iain Banks wrote, although it was published much later. Many consider it his masterpiece. As a side note, this article completely fails to do it justice, so be prepared for emotional gut punches by the dozen if you actually read it. Also be aware that most of the spoiler tags below hide something you really don't want to know before reading it.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_3'); })
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Use of Weapons / int_4783acfa	comment	Bait the Dog: For a lot of the book, it's easy to think of Zakalwe as a really cool and badass secret agent and to think that his handlers from the Culture are off-base when they refer to him as a dangerous psycho. Certain events in his past change that impression.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_2'); })
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Use of Weapons / int_4ef92d0b	comment	The Atoner: Zakalwe tries and fails to be one of these. Although the ending of Surface Detail suggests that he is still trying and has, to an extent, succeeded.
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Use of Weapons / int_7464705c	comment	Arc Words: The Chair and the Chairmaker. The ship that was not a ship.
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Use of Weapons / int_8b6e8d7	comment	Anachronic Order: It tells one story going forward with alternating chapters going in the opposite direction to provide flashbacks to Zakalwe's past. This is so confusing with respect to the first and last chapters, that fans disagree on whether they detail past or future events. One online reviewer jokingly referenced the novel as The Melancholy of Cheradenine Zakalwe.
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Use of Weapons / int_c3478f1d	comment	Badass Bookworm: Sma is a poet and patron-of-the-arts as well as an extremely competent Special Circumstances operative. Subverted with Cheradanine, who wanted to be a poet (which he thinks of as the opposite of being a warrior), but he found that he had no talent for it.
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