William Mcilvanney: 13 books

Book Three in William McIlvanney's Laidlaw Trilogy From William McIlvanney, “the father of 'Tartan Noir’,” comes the third book in the groundbreaking Laidlaw series, one that explores “the ruin of the body, the corruption of the soul and the shattering of society” (Wall Street Journal). This...

Als die Leiche einer jungen Frau im Kelvingrove Park in Glasgow gefunden wird, beginnt für Detective Jack Laidlaw ein tödlicher Wettlauf mit der Zeit. Denn in dieser Stadt voll harter Männer, mächtiger Gangster und skrupelloser Geschäftemacher ist nicht nur der charismatische Detective auf der Suche...

Book Two in the Laidlaw series The Laidlaw books are widely considered to be among the greatest achivements of Scottish crime writing and the founding novels of what has since become known as Tartan Noir. In this second book in his monumental Laidlaw series, McIlvanney tells the tale...

Laidlaws zweiter Fall! Eck Adamson, ein vagabundierender Trunkenbold, ruft Jack Laidlaw an sein Sterbebett. In seinen letzten kryptischen Worten entdeckt Laidlaw einen Hinweis auf den Mord an einem Gangster und das Verschwinden eines Studenten. Mit der ihm eigenen Dickköpfigkeit kämpft sich Laidlaw...

Laidlaws dritter und - bisher - letzter Fall! Scott Laidlaw ist tot. Der tragische Autounfall seines Bruders erschüttert Jack Laidlaw schwer - in tiefer Trauer und mit dem ihm eigenen Durst macht er sich auf in die schottische Provinz, um herauszufinden, was wirklich geschah. Während Laidlaw versucht,...

Book One in the Laidlaw Trilogy “Laidlaw...‘is not just an inspector of crime; he’s an inspector of society.’”—Allan Massie, “The Father of ‘Tartan Noir’,” Wall Street Journal Introducing Jack Laidlaw, the original damaged detective. The Laidlaw novels, a groundbreaking...

Winner of the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize Charlie Grant, an intense young student at Glasgow University watches his father die. Overwhelmed by the memory of this humble yet dignified death, Charlie is left to face his own fierce resentment for his adulterous mother. With shades of Hamlet and Camus,...

His face made a fist at the world. The twined remnant of umbilicus projected vulnerably. Hands, feet and prick. He had come equipped for the job. Newborn Conn Docherty, raw as a fresh wound, lies between his parents in their tenement room, with no birthright but a life's labour in the pits of his...

These are the stories of the casualties of social and emotional struggle, who defy defeat with humour, resilience and inspiring faith in their dreams. The walking wounded. These are the stories of ordinary people.

In a Victorian mansion hotel on a Scottish island, a group of English Literature lecturers and students from Glasgow gather for a residential weekend. The weekend proves to be a major turning point in the emotional lives of several people - just not quite in the way any of them expected.

Eddie Cameron is a salesman for Rocklight Ltd., an electrical equipment firm in Glasgow, where he has been fiddling the firm's expenses. Eddie's life is in tatters - his wife hates him, and his violent temper has left his mistress teetering on the edge of sanity.

Tom Docherty was seventeen in the summer of 1955. With school behind him and a summer job at a brick works, Tom had his whole life before him. Years later, alone in a rented flat in Edinburgh and lost in memories, Tom recalls the intellectual and sexual awakening of his youth. In looking back, Tom discovers that only by understanding where he comes from can he make sense of his life as it is now.

AS SEEN IN THE MOTION PICTURE STARRING LIAM NEESON The big man is Dan Scoular, a legend of physical prowess in a decaying Ayrshire mining community. When a bare-knuckle fight offers both money and a purpose, he finds it turns into a monumental struggle to keep his heritage and integrity intact.