About the book: 2010 / "A Culture that Brings Gifts" is one of Banks's few stories. In it, unlike most works, the narration is told on behalf of a representative of the Culture. In this story, written more than a decade before the real-world "War on Terror," Banks's hero is forced to commit mass murder and feels as uncomfortable as Luke Skywalker would have felt if he had been in Mohammed Atta's shoes. reference.