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Authors: Ian Rankin
The Hanging Garden (48 page)
Initially Rebus’s instincts tell him that Lintz and Linzstek are one and the same person, but not whether it matters. Does this change as the plot unfolds?
Similarly to Big Ger Cafferty, Lintz has the ability to connect on a deep emotional level with Rebus. Is this a good thing as far as Rebus is concerned?
‘
Never get personally involved: it was
the
golden rule. And practically every case he worked, Rebus broke it. He sometimes felt that the reason he became so involved in his cases was that he had no life of his own. He could only live
through
other people
.’ Does this characteristic make Rebus a good policeman?
Is Rebus selling his soul to the devil when he does a deal with Cafferty?
Rebus thinks of himself, in some senses, as a religious man, yet he doesn’t seek solace in that way when Sammy is hurt. Why might that be?
When Jack Morton is killed does Rebus lose his emotional ballast? And does he blame himself?
There are lots of musical references; does it matter if the reader isn’t familiar with them? What sort of extra dimension do they add to the narrative?
First published in Great Britain in 1998 by Orion Books.
First published in ebook form in 2008 by Orion Books.
This updated ebook published in 2011 by Orion Books.
Copyright © John Rebus Limited 1998
Introduction copyright © John Rebus Limited 2005
The right of Ian Rankin to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the copyright, designs and patents act 1988.
All the characters in this book are fictitious, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior permission in writing of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published without a similar condition, including this condition, being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.
A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
ISBN: 978 1 4091 0763 7
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