by William McIlvanney · Edicions 62 · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788429738490
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«Laidlaw» is the crime novel by William McIlvanney, published by Edicions 62 in paperback (256 pages, in Spanish).
In a Glasgow park, the body of a young woman is found. In his first appearance, Inspector Jack Laidlaw, a nonconformist policeman with unorthodox methods, investigates the case while the victim's father, who has underworld contacts, searches for the culprit on his own. Laidlaw must find the killer before revenge gets there first.
Published in 1995, it belongs to the Grandes Detectives collection, number 2, with the subtitle «El inspector Laidlaw investiga».
For readers of noir and crime fiction, especially those interested in the Grandes Detectives collection.
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.
