Ian Rankin & Inspector Rebus

The Official Story of the Bestselling Author and his Ruthless Detective

Craig Cabell

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

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.

Table of contents

• COVER
• Title Page
• DEDICATION
• QUOTE
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• CONTENTS
• PREFACE
• NOTE ON THE TEXT
• CHAPTER ONE GIMME SHELTER
• CHAPTER TWO EDINBURGH, A TOWN CALLED JEKYLL AND HYDE
• CHAPTER THREE THE GERM OF AN IDEA
• CHAPTER FOUR REBUS, IN THE BEGINNING
• CHAPTER FIVE HIDE AND SEEK
• CHAPTER SIX THE WOLFMAN
• CHAPTER SEVEN STRIP JACK NAKED
• CHAPTER EIGHT THE PLOTS THICKEN
• CHAPTER NINE THE CITY BENEATH THE STREETS
• CHAPTER TEN JUST A SHOT AWAY
• CHAPTER ELEVEN BLACK AND BLUE
• CHAPTER TWELVE EDINBURGH, BENEATH THE VENEER
• CHAPTER THIRTEEN A SHORT INTERLUDE
• CHAPTER FOURTEEN YOU GOT THE SILVER
• CHAPTER FIFTEEN WRITING IN REALITY
• CHAPTER SIXTEEN JIGSAW PUZZLE
• CHAPTER SEVENTEEN MIDNIGHT RAMBLER
• CHAPTER EIGHTEEN THE YOUNGSTER COMES OF AGE
• CHAPTER NINETEEN REBUS AND HIS NEMESIS GET OLD
• CHAPTER TWENTY THE G8 UNPLEASANTNESS
• CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE EXIT WOUND
• CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO YOU CAN’T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT
• CONCLUSION LET IT BLEED
• ANNEX A THE BIRTH OF JOHN REBUS
• ANNEX B REBUS ON SCREEN
• ANNEX C IAN RANKIN COLLECTOR’S GUIDE
• ANNEX D IAN RANKIN: THE OXFORD BAR INTERVIEW
• FURTHER READING AND COPYRIGHT NOTES
• AUTHOR’S NOTE
• ABOUT THE AUTHOR
• BY THE SAME AUTHOR
• NOTES
• PLATES
• COPYRIGHT