Laidlaw (novel)

Laidlaw
First edition
AuthorWilliam McIlvanney
LanguageEnglish
SeriesLaidlaw #1
Genrecrime fiction
PublisherHodder and Stoughton
Publication date
1977
Publication placeScotland
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
Pages224
ISBN0340207272
OCLC3108663
823/.9/14
LC ClassPZ4.M1498 Lai PR6063.A237
Followed byThe Papers of Tony Veitch 

Laidlaw is the first novel of a series of crime books by William McIlvanney, first published in 1977.[1] It features the eponymous detective in his attempts to find the brutal sex-related murderer of a Glasgow teenager. Laidlaw is marked by his unconventional methods in tracking the killer, immersing himself in a 1970s Glasgow featuring violence and bigotry.

When Laidlaw was released in 1977, McIlvanney was known for recently winning the Whitbread Prize with his historical family novel, Docherty; as a complete departure from that genre, it surprised many of his readers.[2]

  1. ^ Dickson, Beth. "William McIlvanney's Laidlaw Novels". The Association for Scottish Literary Studies. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
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