His writing investigates questions of Scottish identity, British history, masculinity, and contemporary culture while providing mystery readers with complex, suspenseful plots, realistic character development, and a unique mix of American hard-boiled and procedural styles with Scottish dialects and sensibilities. A champion of both Edinburgh and Scotland, Rankin continues to combine engaging entertainment with socio-political commentary showing Edinburgh as a microcosm of Scotland, and Scotland as a microcosm of the world. This companion-the first to provide a complete look at all of his writings-includes alphabetized entries on Rankin's works, characters, and themes a biography a chronology maps of Rebus' Edinburgh an exclusive interview with Ian Rankin and an annotated bibliography. Most well known for his Inspector Rebus series-which has earned critical acclaim as well as scores of fans worldwide-Rankin is a prolific author whose other works include spy thrillers, nonfiction books and articles, short stories, novels, graphic novels, audio recordings, television/film, and plays. Ian Rankin is considered by many to be Scotland's greatest living crime fiction author.
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