Ian Rankin & Inspector Rebus
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Ian Rankin & Inspector Rebus

The Official Story of the Bestselling Author and his Ruthless Detective

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eBook - ePub

Ian Rankin & Inspector Rebus

The Official Story of the Bestselling Author and his Ruthless Detective

About this book

The whole story of Ian Rankin, the best-selling author, and Inspector Rebus, his most famous creation. Detective John Rebus first appeared in Ian Rankin's 1987 best-seller Knots and Crosses and has since gone on to appear in 17 books and numerous short stories. For over 20 years these critically-acclaimed novels have sold in their millions, thrilled readers the world over and have set a benchmark in contemporary crime fiction. They have been adapted into a TV series and, it seems, the public cannot get enough. In this fascinating biography, author Craig Cabell presents a thought-provoking insight into the minds of the writer and his creation, and how their relationship has developed over the years. Includes material from interviews with Rankin himself. Learn about the unusual connection between Rankin and Rebus; how the author was a punk musician and swineherd before he became a writer; and why he was so inspired by fellow-Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson and his gothic masterpiece, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

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Information

Publisher
Metro Publishing
Year
2011
Topic
Literature
eBook ISBN
9781843584384
Subtopic
Literary Biographies
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. COVER
  2. Title Page
  3. DEDICATION
  4. QUOTE
  5. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  6. CONTENTS
  7. PREFACE
  8. NOTE ON THE TEXT
  9. CHAPTER ONE GIMME SHELTER
  10. CHAPTER TWO EDINBURGH, A TOWN CALLED JEKYLL AND HYDE
  11. CHAPTER THREE THE GERM OF AN IDEA
  12. CHAPTER FOUR REBUS, IN THE BEGINNING
  13. CHAPTER FIVE HIDE AND SEEK
  14. CHAPTER SIX THE WOLFMAN
  15. CHAPTER SEVEN STRIP JACK NAKED
  16. CHAPTER EIGHT THE PLOTS THICKEN
  17. CHAPTER NINE THE CITY BENEATH THE STREETS
  18. CHAPTER TEN JUST A SHOT AWAY
  19. CHAPTER ELEVEN BLACK AND BLUE
  20. CHAPTER TWELVE EDINBURGH, BENEATH THE VENEER
  21. CHAPTER THIRTEEN A SHORT INTERLUDE
  22. CHAPTER FOURTEEN YOU GOT THE SILVER
  23. CHAPTER FIFTEEN WRITING IN REALITY
  24. CHAPTER SIXTEEN JIGSAW PUZZLE
  25. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN MIDNIGHT RAMBLER
  26. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN THE YOUNGSTER COMES OF AGE
  27. CHAPTER NINETEEN REBUS AND HIS NEMESIS GET OLD
  28. CHAPTER TWENTY THE G8 UNPLEASANTNESS
  29. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE EXIT WOUND
  30. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO YOU CAN’T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT
  31. CONCLUSION LET IT BLEED
  32. ANNEX A THE BIRTH OF JOHN REBUS
  33. ANNEX B REBUS ON SCREEN
  34. ANNEX C IAN RANKIN COLLECTOR’S GUIDE
  35. ANNEX D IAN RANKIN: THE OXFORD BAR INTERVIEW
  36. FURTHER READING AND COPYRIGHT NOTES
  37. AUTHOR’S NOTE
  38. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  39. BY THE SAME AUTHOR
  40. NOTES
  41. PLATES
  42. COPYRIGHT

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