Oh yes I read the Rebus novels and its great knowing Edinburgh well. It's
like all those novels that used to be set in London, assuming the reader
knows what is meant by driving down Queensferry Road or popping into the
lanes behind George Street.
made in Scotland from girders... you know that irn bru slogan? used of
rubbishy jewellery too...
Sally Evans
http://www.poetryscotland.co.uk
http://groups.msn.com/desktopsallye
http://www.myspace.com/poetsallyevans
----- Original Message -----
From: "MC Ward" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 12:23 AM
Subject: Re: Scottish fiction & Irn-Bru
> Thanks, Robin and Mill, for the definitions of Irn-Bru. Loved the Rankin
> bit from Wiki! (Does anyone else read the Rebus novels? The latest one,
> *Exit Music*, is superb.) I'm also a big fan of the Edinburgher
> novelist Denise Mina (see, esp., *Deception*).
>
> Well, I'll probably get in trouble for talking about novels on a
> poetry list, but.
>
> Candice
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