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Laidlaw is the first novel of a series of crime books by william mcilvanney, first published in 1977. William mcilvanney is one of the leading contemporary novelists in scotland. William mcilvanney has written three detective stories featuring the same main character. He held that the impetus behind his books was to give flesh to the unfulfilled stature of the dreams of his parents and the kilmarnock community that he came from. This acclaimed book by hugh mcilvanney is available at in several formats for your ereader.
Winner of the cwa silver dagger the audiobook is read by william mcilvanney. Laidlaw is marked by his unconventional methods in tracking the killer, immersing himself in a 1970s glasgow featuring violence. Pdf the papers of tony veitch laidlaw 2 download ebook. Laidlaw 1977 and the papers of tony veitch 1983 are both crime novels.
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