by William McIlvanney · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780857869869
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«Laidlaw» is the crime novel by William McIlvanney, published by Canongate Books in paperback (304 pages, in English).
Detective Jack Laidlaw, an atypical policeman as close to the underworld as the criminals themselves, investigates the murder of a young woman whose body appears in Glasgow Green. To find the culprit, he ventures into a Glasgow of gangsters, thugs and unscrupulous businessmen.
First instalment of the Jack Laidlaw trilogy. The work won the CWA Silver Dagger in 1977 and was a finalist for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel in 1978.
For fans of British crime fiction looking for a tormented detective and a gritty investigation in Glasgow.
William Angus McIlvanney was a Scottish novelist, short story writer, and poet. He was known as Gus by friends and acquaintances. McIlvanney was a champion of gritty yet poetic literature; his works Laidlaw, The Papers of Tony Veitch, and Walking Wounded are all known for their portrayal of Glasgow in the 1970s. He is regarded as "the father of Tartan Noir" and as Scotland's Camus.
