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Ian Rankin

Wit and Wisdom of Rebus

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Rebus hasn't changed; he's as sharp, petty, curmudgeonly and likeable as ever' Irish Sunday Independent'Rebus was eating breakfast in the canteen and wishing there was more caffeine in the coffee, or more coffee in the coffee come to that...'John Rebus is not only a first-rate (if rather unorthodox) detective - he is also master of the one liner, the put down, the biting retort:'When God made Edinburgh, he made it to be cold and damp with the occasional day of watery sunshine'And even when out of the force, he's still as sharp as ever:'You'd be acting in a consultative capacity.''Like Sherlock Holmes? Would I need invoices & stuff ? And a… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-1-4091-9620-4
  • EAN: 9781409196204
  • Produktnummer: 35898319
  • Verlag: Orion Publishing Group
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
  • Seitenangabe: 128 S.

Über den Autor


Born in the Kingdom of Fife in 1960, Ian Rankin graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1982, and then spent three years writing novels when he was supposed to be working towards a PhD in Scottish Literature. His first Rebus novel was published in 1987, and the Rebus books are now translated into thirty-six languages and are bestsellers worldwide.Ian Rankin has been elected a Hawthornden Fellow, and is also a past winner of the Chandler-Fulbright Award. He is the recipient of four CWA Daggers including the prestigious Diamond Dagger in 2005. In 2004, Ian won America's celebrated Edgar Award. He has also been shortlisted for the Anthony Award in the USA, won Denmark's Palle Rosenkrantz Prize, the French Grand Prix du Roman Noir and the Deutscher Krimipreis. Ian Rankin is also the recipient of honorary degrees from the universities of Abertay, St Andrews, Edinburgh, Hull and the Open University.A contributor to BBC2's Newsnight Review, he also presented his own TV series, Ian Rankin's Evil Thoughts. Rankin is a No.1 bestseller in the UK and has received the OBE for services to literature, opting to receive the prize in his home city of Edinburgh, where he lives with his partner and two sons. www.ianrankin.net Twitter @Beathhigh

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