Even Dogs in the Wild - Ian Rankin
Fans of Ian Rankin's Rebus series familiar with the authors' use of song titles for his books will undoubtedly have already been scouring iTunes to determine where the new one comes from. Even Dogs in the Wild by the Associates is a little bit of an obscure choice, but you can be sure it has resonance and relevance to the new novel on a number of levels. Lyrically (in as much as anyone could fully understand them from Billy Mackenzie's high-pitched singing), in terms of the mood it creates and the fact that the Associates were a Scottish band are all important, but primarily the song is a good choice for the period it evokes and the 'associations' we now have of that time. Time weighs heavily on Even Dogs in the Wild , Rankin's first post-retirement Rebus book. Dogs also have a minor role to play in the novel as a running theme, but there are also a lot of dog metaphors that you could apply to the situation in this new Rebus novel as well, involving as it does ...