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Laidlaw

William McIlvanney

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#4321 of 8,085 books · #1334 in Crime & Thriller

Shortlisted for the Edgar Award for Best Novel (1978).

In Laidlaw, the first book of the series, readers meet Jack Laidlaw, a hard-drinking philosopher-detective whose tough exterior cloaks a rich humanity and keen intelligence. Laidlaw's investigation into the murder of a young woman brings him into conflict with Glasgow's hard men, its gangland villains, and the moneyed thugs who control the city. As the gangsters running Glasgow race Laidlaw for the discovery of the young woman's killer, a sense of dangerous betrayal infests the city that only Laidlaw can erase.

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Publisher
Europa Editions
ISBN-13
9781609452124
Topics
Murder investigationUrban crime and gangland violence in GlasgowMoral complexity and humanity beneath toughness

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