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Alan Parks on Historical Accuracy, Ridley Scott, and Finding Detail in Anecdotes

Alan Parks on Historical Accuracy, Ridley Scott, and Finding Detail in Anecdotes

The author of Gunner learns history while writing a World War II thriller

By Alan Parks | April 6, 2026

In These Crime Books, The City Is As Much A Character As A Backdrop

In These Crime Books, The City Is As Much A Character As A Backdrop

"Cities are full of grifters on the make, the downtrodden and the lost, and the sound of easy money. The D.N.A. of crime fiction."

By Alan Parks | August 27, 2021

Glasgow: City of Crime<br> and Culture

Glasgow: City of Crime
and Culture

David Bowie, Razor Gangs, and a New Literary Era

By Alan Parks | March 20, 2018

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