Where did you find this book? Was it a school assignment?
The Wasp Factory has got to be one of the most BIZARRE, ghoulish and violent books I have ever read about. It makes Clockwork Orange sound like a Sunday Picnic with the girl scouts. This Wasp book was released in 1984. The imagery in this book is quite vivid. I would be surprised if no one has attempted to make a movie out of it. Or have they? It is disturbing as can be, but still, it is intriquing in a Dystopian sort of way. The movie would most likely be either rated X, if that is still done, or Not Rated at all, because it fits in no general category except horror.
No, it wasn't a school assignment. I hope they don't have such books on a mandatory reading list today. [Though with this crew at the helm you never know.] I do not recall how I came across this book. But I was ready to graduate from the university by 1984, so my psyche could not be severely damaged - not after the course in electrodynamics :-) As matter of fact, some of Kafka's stories (like The Metamorphosis or In the Penal Colony) were far more disturbing; perhaps because I read them earlier.