Ian Rankin
There's always interest but I want to get it right, which means a TV company committing to several hours/episodes per book. Early days...
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Magne
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Ian Rankin:
Some authors of crime fiction claims not to read contemporary crime fiction, to avoid being inspired by a story, a plot or a character, to keep a clear head and not to be disturbed by contemporary.. "rivals". Do you read contemporary crime fiction? If you do, do you have any favourites? And thank you for some great reads, not to mention several good tips for Edinburgh pubs through the years:)
Steve Aldous
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Ian Rankin:
Ian, I love the Rebus books and noticed in a few interviews that you cited Ernest Tidyman's Shaft novels as an influence. I, like you read them in my teens when they were first published in the UK by Corgi in the 1970s, and they have stayed with me ever since - so much so I wrote a book about them. Where there any specific aspects of Tidyman's writing that you admired and carried across into your own work?
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