| Author | Iain M. Banks |
| Series | Culture (2) |
| Author photo/portrait | Craig Stennett |
| Cover Art by | Mark Salwowski |
| Publisher | Orbit |
| Copyright Holder | Iain M. Banks |
| Poetry by | T. S. Eliot |
| Reprinted with/by arrangement with | Faber & Faber |
| Typeset by | Palimpsest Book Production Limited |
| Printed and Bound by | Clays Ltd |
| Format | Hardback |
| Language | English |
| Location | London |
| Copyright | 2000 |
| Pages / Font | 357 pages / Stempel Garamond |
| Barcode | 9 781857 239690 |
| Price | UK £16.99 / CAN. $22.95 |
| ISBN | 1 8523 969 5 |