The book details the physical and emotional strain of cancer and describes the final days of a man with terminal cancer, as seen through the eyes of his son.
He was almost finished the novel when he was diagnosed with his own illness.
He said: "I had no inkling. So it wasn't as though this is a response to the disease or anything, the book had been kind of ready to go.
"And then 10,000 words from the end, as it turned out, I suddenly discovered that I had cancer."
After his death Banks had been able to celebrate when he received early copies. "Just three weeks ago he was presented with finished copies of his last novel, The Quarry, and enjoyed celebration parties with old friends and fans across the publishing world,"
