In her class notes, our instructor Stefani Nielson calls the book “ post-Christie,” “ British realism noir” and she says that it features a “ working class anti-hero.”

Ian Rankin’s Black and Blue is a fictional detective story, written in 1997 and based firmly in the Scotland of the 1990s. In this case, what it looks like did not matter because this book is one of the books that will be discussed in the late fall class I am taking in Ottawa through Carleton University’s Learning in Retirement program called Classics of Detective Fiction: From the 1960s to Today. Of course, once you have a book in your hand, it matters not a whit what the cover looks like though the cover may have helped that book find its way into your hands in the first place. I suppose that is what happens to a successful book as it gains some age. This book, however, seems to have had a lot of different looks. I am surprised though I know that different book formats come with different covers. Saving Earth Britannica Presents Earth’s To-Do List for the 21st Century.Interesting the number of covers Ian Rankin’s Black and Blue has had.100 Women Britannica celebrates the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment, highlighting suffragists and history-making politicians.COVID-19 Portal While this global health crisis continues to evolve, it can be useful to look to past pandemics to better understand how to respond today.Student Portal Britannica is the ultimate student resource for key school subjects like history, government, literature, and more.This Time in History In these videos, find out what happened this month (or any month!) in history.#WTFact Videos In #WTFact Britannica shares some of the most bizarre facts we can find.Demystified Videos In Demystified, Britannica has all the answers to your burning questions.Britannica Classics Check out these retro videos from Encyclopedia Britannica’s archives.Britannica Explains In these videos, Britannica explains a variety of topics and answers frequently asked questions.

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