A novel, winner of the 1975 Whitbread award for fiction, in which a man from an impoverished Scottish mining town becomes leader of his community, even though he longs for escape. From the author of THE PAPERS OF TONY VEITCH, THE BIG MAN, STRANGE LOYALTIES and THE KILN.

Docherty

MCILVANNEY, WILLIAM

Literature & Fiction

Allen& Unwin

An extraordinary debut by a Scottish mystery writer, this cult classic of crime fiction presents Detective Jack Laidlaw, a policeman as complex and self-critical as you'll ever meet. Laidlaw follows the trail of murder investigation deep inot the underbelly of Glasgow, a world he knows the way Phillip Marlowe knew Los Angeles.

Laidlaw

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Mariner Books

McIlvanney once again sets out on the dark side of Glasgow with Detective Jack Laidlaw. "The wine he gave me winsy wine" were the final words of Eck Adamson to Laidlaw, his only friend. Laidlaw is convinced the Eck was murdered and that an elusive young student, Tony Veitch, holds the key to the mystery.

The Papers of Tony Veitch

Detective Laidlaw investigates a case that hits home-his brother's seemingly random death.

Strange Loyalties

Harcourt

The novel in which the unconventional detective Jack Laidlaw makes his debut. William McIlvanney is also the author of "The Papers of Tony Veitch" and "Docherty", winner of the 1975 Whitbread Award.

Hodder&Stoughton Ltd

Contemporary

Hodder & Stoughton General Division

Jack Laidlaw's Glasgow is a city of hard men, powerful villains and self-made businessmen, of big industry and its victims, of enduring women, terrible slums and, one morning, of murder. An unorthodox detective who cloaks compassion with sardonic wit, Laidlaw knows the right questions to ask, threading his way through the pubs and clubs, the bookies' and tenements, trying to find the killer of a young, apparently innocent girl.

Laidlaw (Coronet Books)

Coronet Books

Walking Wounded: A Graithnock Mosaic

'Laidlaw is back, the Glasgow policeman with bowels who knows his jungle like the back of his own horny hand. A stabbed thug, a deathbed gasp from an old wino, lungs scorified by the weedkiller his bottle was laced with, a frightened Italian drab, a tilted lady looking for off-limits thrills, the escaped prey - a mosaic takes brutal shape ...the interpretation of this argot-rich underworld, bullies and hard men, victims and tourists, and of the very nature of violence, is a powerful achievement' The Observer

The Papers Of Tony Veitch (Coronet Books)

Dan Scoular accepts an offer from a Glasgow underworld figure to train for an illegal, bareknuckle fight, hoping the money will save his marriage, but soon discovers that human decency itself is at stake

The Big Man

Sceptre

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Docherty

Laidlaw

The Papers of Tony Veitch

Strange Loyalties

Laidlaw

The Papers of Tony Veitch

Laidlaw (Coronet Books)

Walking Wounded: A Graithnock Mosaic

The Papers Of Tony Veitch (Coronet Books)

The Big Man