HE S now celebrated around the world for his books but there was a time when Ian Rankin was a local thug in a teenage gang in Cardenden. But the award-winning author, who grew up in the village and is best known for his Inspector Rebus crime thrillers, said it was all a front to hide his real interests and when it came to fights with the rival Young Lochgelly Mental, he d be at home writing about it instead. Ian, who turned 60 this year, was in conversation with Giles Paley-Phillips and Jim Daly on the Blank podcast and talked about everything from stealing school jotters and electric shocks to comic books and gold-plated pinball machines.
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