Aging in F(r)iendship: 'Big Ger' Cafferty and John Rebus
Martín Alegre, Sara (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Filologia Anglesa i de Germanística)

Date:	2011
Abstract:	Ian Rankin's series featuring Scottish detective inspector John Rebus chronicles his hero's tense bonding with gangster "Big Ger" Cafferty. Both men age in parallel for decades in what Rebus might call "f(r)ienship. " Their bonding is based on a mutual need for validation as obsolescent patriarchal men but also on Rebus's bitter realization that, although he must accept legal retirement, the villain need not renounce power.
Rights:	Tots els drets reservats.
Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Literatura escocesa ; Novel·la policíaca ; Rebus, John
Published in:	Clues: a Journal of Detection, Vol. 29, Núm. 2 (2011) , p. 73-82, ISSN 0742-4248

DOI: 10.3172/CLU.29.2.73

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