Look To Windward

By Iain M Banks.

This was a satisfying Culture Novel. The were fewer diversions and extraneous characters than usual.  The store was interesting and straight forward. For some reason Banks loves to alternate between back story and the main story. In this case it made physical sense as the lead characters was regaining his memory of the past.

I think the whole dirigible megasaurus storyline could have been excised and the whole novel would have been better off for it.