Edinburgh in popular culture

This article lists notable films and books set or with a significant scene in Edinburgh, Scotland, and other aspects of popular culture:

Books

One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson^[1]
Complicity by Iain Banks was partly set in Edinburgh
The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides by James Boswell
The Dresden Files novels Turn Coat and Changes, by Jim Butcher, have scenes set in the White Council's stronghold which is hidden within Castle Rock.
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg^[1]
One Day by David Nicholls was partly set in Edinburgh, notably Edinburgh University and Arthur's Seat amongst other locations
The Inspector Rebus novels by Ian Rankin
The Heart of Midlothian by Walter Scott^[1]
44 Scotland Street by Alexander McCall Smith^[1]
The Expedition of Humphry Clinker by Tobias Smollett^[2]
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark^[1]
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, is often considered as resembling Edinburgh more than London, where it is set
The Existential Detective by Alice Thompson^[1]
Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh^[3]

Film

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Music

Video games

Test Drive 5
Project Gotham Racing 2 has one racetrack set in Edinburgh
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas contains models of both Forth Bridges
Memento Mori
Forza Horizon 4

See also

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 Burgess, Malcolm (12 October 2011). "10 of the best books set in Edinburgh". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
↑ Kelly, Stuart (12 August 2013). "Summer voyages: The Expedition Of Humphry Clinker by Tobias Smollett". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
↑ "Choose Leith? Trainspotting locations reveal the changing faces of Edinburgh". theguardian.com. Retrieved 3 March 2017.

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