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'This evocative book reveals the inspiration behind the settings for the Rebus books, as well as Rankin's own deeply personal relationship with Scotland. Effortlessly blending Rankin's autobiograpy with Rebus's biography, from the author's rural childhood, through the streets of Edinburgh, to explanations of in-jokes and Rebus's complex make-up, we are lead through a starkly beautiful Scotland unseen by most' (GOOD BOOK GUIDE )
'Evocative text and stunning photographs highlight a Scotland that tourists never see' (TRAVELLER MAGAZINE )
'Evocative text and stunning photographs highlight a Scotland that tourists never see' (TRAVELLER MAGAZINE )
Elizabeth Buie, GLASGOW HERALD
'Stunning black-and-white photography...A non-fiction work of intelligent analysis'
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More than a Rebus cash in,
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This review is from: Rebus's Scotland: A Personal Journey (Hardcover)
I think I have this on audio CD but the book is even better. Rankin speaks about his own history, from his early life in Cardenden and Bowhill, mining towns in the Kingdom of Fife in Scotland, and how it intersects with Rebus' own history. Rankin speaks about Rebus' attitudes to Scottish society and introduces the darker side of Edinburgh and Scotland witnessed by Rebus through the crimes he deals with. The whole is hauntingly illustrated by the photographers who took the stark black and white pictures that illustrate Rankin's books, pictures of convenience stores, abandoned shipyards, tenments and tower blocks, the less picturesque but no less real unseen Scotland a world away from shortbread tins.
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Perfect Complement to Rebus novels,
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This review is from: Rebus's Scotland: A Personal Journey (Paperback)
I have enjoyed reading the Rebus detective novels penned by Ian Rankin. This book is the perfect complement to that series as it gives much more information about Edinburgh and the locations featured in the Rebus novels.
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Rebus Edinburgh & Fyfe,
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This review is from: Rebus's Scotland: A Personal Journey (Audio CD)
This is a good view of the world of Rebus the world weary Scotish cop.
It brings back echoes of my time in that part of the world in the early 1970's. Of course the city of Edinburgh has changed since the seventies so I assume the crime novels reflect this change. This is the Spoken Word CD of the book {Rebus's Scotland} but there is included a small photgragh booklet with it. All of this makes for a rewarding afternoon's listening on a rainy day. Dave
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