Ian Rankin is perhaps the UK's foremost crime writer, best-known for his extensive series of novels set in Edinburgh and featuring Detective Inspector John Rebus. Christopher Nicol's SCOTNOTE study guide examines one of Rankin's most popular works, the award-winning Black & Blue. The complex, multilayered narrative is untangled, the characters studied and the novel's social and psychological undercurrents explored. This guide is suitable for senior school pupils and students at all levels.

 

This book is part of a book series called Scotnotes Study Guides .

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 64 pages in this book. This book was published 2008 by Association for Scottish Literary Studies .

This book has the following chapters: Ian Rankin and his work Outline Black & Blue: the social landscape John Rebus in Black & Blue -Rebus's empathy with victims and underdogs -Rebus's lack of respect for establishment figures -Rebus and personal engagement Characters -Detective Inspector Jack Morton -Detective Sergeant Ludovic Lumsden -Chief Inspector Charles Ancram -Bible John -Detective Sergeant Brian Holmes Themes -The power of past sins -Fathers and children -The effects of the oil industry Structure and style Bibliography