A Song for the Dark Times
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A Song for the Dark Times is a crime novel in Ian Rankin’s Inspector Rebus series, set against contemporary social unrest and exploring themes of aging, justice, and personal loyalty.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime novel
ⓘ
novel ⓘ |
| author | Ian Rankin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToTradition | Tartan Noir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| exploresRelationship | father–daughter relationship ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Malcolm Fox
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Siobhan Clarke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 2020-10-01 ⓘ |
| followedBy | A Heart Full of Headstones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followsWork | In a House of Lies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
ⓘ
detective fiction ⓘ |
| hasCentralConflict | investigation into a disappearance ⓘ |
| hasCoverArtist | Orion Books design team ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception | generally positive reviews ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
hardcover
ⓘ
paperback ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9781409176978 ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
memory and the past
ⓘ
political protest ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | 320 ⓘ |
| hasProtagonistOccupation | retired detective ⓘ |
| hasProtagonistStatus | semi-retired ⓘ |
| hasSettingElement | remote Scottish community ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| isWrittenByNationality | Scottish author ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryCategory | Scottish crime fiction ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | John Rebus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marketedAs | Inspector Rebus novel ⓘ |
| mediaType |
audiobook
ⓘ
ebook ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Inspector Rebus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| precededBy | In a House of Lies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2020 ⓘ |
| publisher | Orion Books NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seriesNumber | 23 ⓘ |
| setInCountry | Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | contemporary era ⓘ |
| theme |
aging
ⓘ
justice ⓘ personal loyalty ⓘ social unrest ⓘ |
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