Read about another entry on the list.The Oxford Bar – Inspector Rebus, Ian Rankin
The real-life The Oxford Bar is situated in Edinburgh, Scotland, and was made famous by prolific Scottish crime writer Ian Rankin and his Inspector Rebus series of novels. As the inspector’s favourite place to go for a drink, The Oxford is frequently visited by fans of the author’s work. Rankin firmly grounded his fictional character of John Rebus by spilling his plot line into real-life settings in or around Edinburgh.
Euan Ferguson calls Black and Blue, the eighth Rebus novel, Rankin's finest book and puts John Rebus on his list of the ten best fictional sleuths; it is one of the ten most popular Scottish novels of the last 50 years.
Also see: Michael Gibney's top ten restaurants and bars in modern literature and Esther Inglis-Arkell's ten best bars in science fiction.
--Marshal Zeringue
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