{"product_id":"9780857869869_87","title":"Laidlaw (Laidlaw Trilogy) by Mcilvanney, William | Subject:Crime, Thrillers \u0026 Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003eProduct Description WINNER OF THE CWA SILVER DAGGERMeet Jack Laidlaw, the original damaged detective. When a young woman is found brutally murdered in Kelvingrove Park, only Laidlaw stands a chance of finding her murderer from among the hard men, gangland villains and self-made moneymen who lurk in the city's shadows. Review It is great entertainment, but McIlvanney's achievement is to transcend the conventions of the crime novel even while he observes them. His two subsequent Laidlaw novels,The Papers of Tony Veitch and Strange Loyalties, will be published by Canongate in the autumn. The trilogy is one of the finest things in modern fiction, in the Chandler and Simenon class--Allan Massie \"Spectator \"It's doubtful I would be a crime writer without the influence of McIlvanney's Laidlaw. Here was a literary novelist turning his hand to the urban, contemporary crime novel and proving that the form could tackle big moral concerns and social issues--IAN RANKINMcIlvanney's prose is simultaneously sparse and lyrical. Short sentences, paragraphs and, indeed, chapters give the feel of a thriller to some beautiful writing--Gareth Watkins \"Killing Time Crime \"William McIlvanney paints a world of harsh reality, but does so in language that is strangely beautiful and hauntingly poetic. His work defies pigeonholing in any genre: this is simply great writing from a master of his craft--CRAIG RUSSELLThe Laidlaw books are like fine malt whisky - the pure distilled essence of Scottish crime writing--PETER MAYA crime trilogy so searing it will burn forever into your memory. McIlvanney is the original Scottish criminal mastermind--CHRISTOPHER BROOKMYRE[MacIlvanney] shows deftly and convincingly why crime fiction is the ideal place for closely-observed social realism, painting a vivid portrait of working-class Glasgow in the 1970s in the extracts from his three novels, all featuring Detective Inspector Jack Laidlaw--Bram E. Gieben \"The Skinny \"Glittering--VAL McDERMIDA classic of the genre - a maelstrom of gangland violence, brutal sentimentality and sectarianism told in richly Gothic prose. If you only read one crime novel this year, this should be it - but you'll undoubtedly want to read the other two books in the trilogy, which will be reissued in a couple of months' time--Laura Wilson \"Guardian \"In his compelling novel, LAIDLAW, McIlvanney lays bare the soul of Glasgow, capturing every nuance of its many voices--ALEX GRAYMcIlvanney is the razor king of Scottish crime writing, carving out crackling prose and pounding storylines. His Laidlaw is an enduring hero with the dry wit and insight to make other literary detectives seem two-dimensional--GORDON FERRISThe Laidlaw books are not just great crime novels, they are important ones. McIlvanney proved that crime writing could have both perfect style and huge ambition. Most of us writing crime fiction today are standing on the shoulders of giants. McIlvanney is one such giant--MARK BILLINGHAMFastest, first and best, Laidlaw is the melancholy heir to Marlowe. Reads like a breathless scalpel cut through the bloody heart of a city--DENISE MINA Book Description The godfather of Scottish crime is back with a vengeance About the Author WILLIAM McILVANNEY's first novel,Remedy is None, won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize and withDocherty he won the Whitbread Award for Fiction.Laidlaw andThe Papers of Tony Veitch both gained Silver Daggers from the Crime Writers' Association.Strange Loyalties, the third in the Detective Laidlaw trilogy, won the Glasgow Herald's People's Prize. McIlvanney died in December 2015.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Used Good | Paperback","offers":[{"title":"Used Good","offer_id":42686168662262,"sku":"9780857869869_F3_A2","price":99.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0249\/3857\/8002\/products\/51BG2MnYQyL.jpg?v=1646842384","url":"https:\/\/www.worthing.in\/products\/9780857869869_87","provider":"Worthing.in","version":"1.0","type":"link"}