{"id":1793,"date":"2012-11-13T14:49:22","date_gmt":"2012-11-13T14:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/secure.scorpionpress.org.uk\/uk\/?p=1793"},"modified":"2015-06-05T15:59:42","modified_gmt":"2015-06-05T15:59:42","slug":"rankinonrebus-extendedinterview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/secure.scorpionpress.org.uk\/uk\/rankinonrebus-extendedinterview\/","title":{"rendered":"Rankin on Rebus \u2013 extended interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-1803\" title=\"rankin\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.scorpionpress.org.uk\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/rankin-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.scorpionpress.org.uk\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/rankin-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/secure.scorpionpress.org.uk\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/rankin-250x164.jpg 250w, https:\/\/secure.scorpionpress.org.uk\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/rankin-36x23.jpg 36w, https:\/\/secure.scorpionpress.org.uk\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/rankin-90x59.jpg 90w, https:\/\/secure.scorpionpress.org.uk\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/rankin-150x98.jpg 150w, https:\/\/secure.scorpionpress.org.uk\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/rankin-32x21.jpg 32w, https:\/\/secure.scorpionpress.org.uk\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/rankin.jpg 618w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-1794\" title=\"Rebus\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.scorpionpress.org.uk\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Rebus.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"114\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.scorpionpress.org.uk\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Rebus.jpeg 163w, https:\/\/secure.scorpionpress.org.uk\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Rebus-24x36.jpeg 24w, https:\/\/secure.scorpionpress.org.uk\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Rebus-61x90.jpeg 61w, https:\/\/secure.scorpionpress.org.uk\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Rebus-101x150.jpeg 101w, https:\/\/secure.scorpionpress.org.uk\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Rebus-21x32.jpeg 21w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 114px) 100vw, 114px\" \/>Ian Rankin&#8217;s novels featuring the wry, damaged detective John Rebus have been with us since <em>Knots and Crosses<\/em> appeared in 1987. A new extended interview by Mark Lawson asks who is Rebus after 25 years?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA character that changes through the course of the series \u2026 a cipher in the first books \u2026 but also an outsider within the legal limits of the law\u201d. Ian goes on to explore with candour how Rebus carries in his soul part of society&#8217;s depravity from dealing with criminal behaviour \u2013 \u201cthe darkness at his core that isn\u2019t allowed to escape\u201d .<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of the series the author tries to change Rebus&#8217;s mind about the world.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p010qds0\">The 45 minute interview is available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Scorpion Press has published Rebus novels, a short story collection and an anthology. The most recent is<a href=\"https:\/\/secure.scorpionpress.org.uk\/uk\/product\/ian-rankin-standing-mans-grave\/\"><em> Standing in Another Man&#8217;s Grave<\/em><\/a> (2012).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ian Rankin&#8217;s novels featuring the wry, damaged detective John Rebus have been with us since Knots and Crosses appeared in 1987. A new extended interview by Mark Lawson asks who is Rebus after 25 years?<br \/>\n\u201cA character that changes through the course of the series \u2026 &#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[128],"tags":[131,133],"class_list":["post-1793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-ian-rankin-2","tag-rebus"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rankin on Rebus \u2013 extended interview - SCORPION PRESS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/secure.scorpionpress.org.uk\/uk\/rankinonrebus-extendedinterview\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rankin on Rebus \u2013 extended interview - SCORPION PRESS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ian Rankin&#8217;s novels featuring the wry, damaged detective John Rebus have been with us since Knots and Crosses appeared in 1987. 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