![]() ![]() But, no: Jackson Brodie is back, somewhat older, but once again enmeshed in a tangle of storylines. “Big Sky” is both an entertaining caper fueled by coincidence and a sordid story of human trafficking. ![]() ![]() We haven’t heard from this hard-luck case in more than a decade, although a version of him showed up - played by Jason Isaacs, often missing his shirt - in the BBC television series “Case Histories” in 2011. It seemed entirely possible that even his creator, who can be surprisingly ruthless, had given the old boy the boot. Jackson Brodie, former soldier and police inspector, now private detective, is novelist Kate Atkinson’s most popular character. Hero of four previous novels and champion of the powerless, Jackson has led a star-crossed life: He was left motherless at 13 his sister was murdered his brother hanged himself his first wife, the mother of his daughter, divorced him his second, absconded with his money and his paramour, Julia, the mother of his son, moved on to other men. ![]()
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