Ian Rankin

The creator of Rebus will be there signing his new graphic novel. No ticket required, but please arrive early to avoid disappointment.

"The U.K.'s #1-selling crime novelist will sign & discuss his latest (and last??) Inspector John Rebus novel, Exit Music (Little, Brown; $24.99). It's late in the fall in Edinburgh and late in the career of Detective Inspector John Rebus. As he is simply trying to tie up some loose ends before ... (更多)his retirement, a new case lands on his desk: a dissident Russian poet has been murdered in what looks like a mugging gone wrong. Rebus discovers that an elite delegation of Russian businessmen is in town, looking to expand its interests. And as Rebus's investigation gains ground, someone brutally assaults a local gangster with whom he has a long history. Has Rebus overstepped his bounds for the last time? Only a few days shy of the end to his long, controversial career, will Rebus even make it that far?"

SYNOPSIS: It's late in the fall in Edinburgh and late in the career of Detective Inspector John Rebus. Has Rebus overstepped his bounds for the last time? Only a few days shy of the end to his long, controversial career, will Rebus even make it that far?

Admission €12.00/€10.00. "The scenario: Take one best-selling crime writer – Ian Rankin. Ask another major player in the genre – novelist and screenwriter Colin Bateman – to take the reins. Add some enlightened conversation, intriguing lines of enquiry and a few trade secrets. The verdict? ... (更多)A one-off contemporary crime classic.

When Ian Rankin’s world-weary Scottish sleuth John Rebus took his final bow in last year’s swansong Exit Music, it marked the end of an era in British crime writing. Like P.D. James’s Dalgliesh, Ruth Rendell’s Wexford and Colin Dexter’s Morse, Rankin’s enigmatic tough-guy cop has become part of our cultural psyche, earning his creator no less than four Crime Writers’ Association Dagger Awards and an unrivalled reputation as the UK’s number one genre bestseller. A regular broadcaster and cultural commentator, Rankin is as renowned for his acute critical perspective as his fictional output. He was awarded an OBE in 2002 for services to literature and holds three honorary doctorates.

Featured in the Daily Telegraph’s recent ‘50 Crime Writers to Read Before You Die’ list, Colin Bateman is the author of Divorcing Jack, Belfast Confidential and BBC1’s prime-time thriller series Murphy’s Law, starring James Nesbitt.

So, for the last word on Rebus and everything after join Colin Bateman as he puts Ian Rankin under the spotlight."

Admission €12.00/€10.00. "The scenario: Take one best-selling crime writer – Ian Rankin. Ask another major player in the genre – novelist and screenwriter Colin Bateman – to take the reins. Add some enlightened conversation, intriguing lines of enquiry and a few trade secrets. The verdict? ... (更多)A one-off contemporary crime classic.

When Ian Rankin’s world-weary Scottish sleuth John Rebus took his final bow in last year’s swansong Exit Music, it marked the end of an era in British crime writing. Like P.D. James’s Dalgliesh, Ruth Rendell’s Wexford and Colin Dexter’s Morse, Rankin’s enigmatic tough-guy cop has become part of our cultural psyche, earning his creator no less than four Crime Writers’ Association Dagger Awards and an unrivalled reputation as the UK’s number one genre bestseller. A regular broadcaster and cultural commentator, Rankin is as renowned for his acute critical perspective as his fictional output. He was awarded an OBE in 2002 for services to literature and holds three honorary doctorates.

Featured in the Daily Telegraph’s recent ‘50 Crime Writers to Read Before You Die’ list, Colin Bateman is the author of Divorcing Jack, Belfast Confidential and BBC1’s prime-time thriller series Murphy’s Law, starring James Nesbitt.

So, for the last word on Rebus and everything after join Colin Bateman as he puts Ian Rankin under the spotlight."