At the Edinburgh Book Festival Ian Rankin announced
he will take a year off, the
Scotsman reports, after finishing the manuscript of the next Inspector
Rebus novel SAINTS OF THE SHADOW BIBLE (out in November from Orion and January
from Little, Brown) and a stage play. "I'm going to have a year off next
year. I'm knackered, basically. Bluntly, I’m just shattered. I need the
batteries recharging big-time." He added: "Friends of mine are
dropping dead. Gavin Wallace dropped dead at the age of 53 earlier this year.
I'm 53. Then of course Iain Banks was taken from us at the age of 59. I don't
want to die slumped over my desk. So I'm taking a year off next year and doing
some travelling."
Via Publishers Lunch
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