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"It doesn't bother me if people work out on page one who the killer is"
Ian Rankin says what is most important is what crime fiction tells us about society.
  1. "It doesn't bother me if people work out on page one who the killer is"
    02:37
    "It doesn't bother me if people work out on page one who the killer is"
  2. "I spent a lot of my youth writing my mother's stories down"
    03:33
    "I spent a lot of my youth writing my mother's stories down"
  3. "I never knew more than the four streets that I lived on"
    01:13
    "I never knew more than the four streets that I lived on"
  4. A Big Book Weekend chat with Douglas Stuart
    30:32
    A Big Book Weekend chat with Douglas Stuart
  5. The Truth About Lies: Why We Love A Liar
    46:02
    The Truth About Lies: Why We Love A Liar
  6. British Country Life: Heaven Or Hell?
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    British Country Life: Heaven Or Hell?
  7. "It was an all-consuming masculinity"
    02:38
    "It was an all-consuming masculinity"
  8. “Both me and him were in tears”
    01:45
    “Both me and him were in tears”
  9. “It wasn't just one night that I cried my eyes out”
    01:55
    “It wasn't just one night that I cried my eyes out”
  10. A Big Book Chat with Sir Lenny Henry
    46:40
    A Big Book Chat with Sir Lenny Henry
  11. "The library was my salvation"
    01:07
    "The library was my salvation"
  12. "This book presented another kind of representation"
    01:37
    "This book presented another kind of representation"
  13. "I didn't realise how quietly rebellious I was being"
    02:15
    "I didn't realise how quietly rebellious I was being"
  14. "I'd only read a handful of recipe books when I was asked to write one"
    02:17
    "I'd only read a handful of recipe books when I was asked to write one"
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