Beggars Banquet (book)
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Beggars Banquet is the second collection of short stories by crime writer
Ian Rankin
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It features 21 stories written between 1991 and 2000. The collection features the novella Death Is Not the End
which was later expanded into the novel
Dead Souls
. The story Herbert in Motion is concerned with the theft of works of art from the storage facilities of a major Gallery and their replacement with high quality forgeries to avoid detection of the crime, which was also the basis for the 2008 novel Doors Open
Featured Short Stories:
Ian Rankin
Ian Rankin
Ian Rankin, OBE, DL , is a Scottish crime writer. His best known books are the Inspector Rebus novels. He has also written several pieces of literary criticism.-Background:He attended Beath High School, Cowdenbeath...
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It features 21 stories written between 1991 and 2000. The collection features the novella Death Is Not the End
Death Is Not the End
Death Is Not The End is a 1998 novella by crime-writer Ian Rankin. It features his popular protagonist Inspector John Rebus. Originally published as a standalone volume, it is now available in the Beggars Banquet short story collection. The story from the novella was later expanded as part of a...
which was later expanded into the novel
Dead Souls
Dead Souls
Dead Souls is a novel by Nikolai Gogol, first published in 1842, and widely regarded as an exemplar of 19th-century Russian literature. Gogol himself saw it as an "epic poem in prose", and within the book as a "novel in verse". Despite supposedly completing the trilogy's second part, Gogol...
. The story Herbert in Motion is concerned with the theft of works of art from the storage facilities of a major Gallery and their replacement with high quality forgeries to avoid detection of the crime, which was also the basis for the 2008 novel Doors Open
Doors Open
Doors Open is a 2008 novel by crime writer Ian Rankin. It is his first stand alone thriller in over 10 years.The story was originally published as a serial novel in The New York Times Magazine.- Plot outline :...
Featured Short Stories:
| Trip trap |
| Someone Got to Eddie |
| A Deep Hole |
| Natural Selection |
| Facing The Music |
| Principles of Accounts |
| The Only True Comedian |
| Herbert in Motion |
| Glimmer |
| Unlucky in Love, Unlucky at Cards |
| Video, Nasty |
| Talk Show |
| Castle Dangerous |
| The Wider Scheme |
| Unknown Pleasures |
| In The Frame |
| The Confession |
| The Hanged Man |
| Window of Opportunity |
| The Serpent's Back |
| No Sanity Clause |
| Death Is Not The End |