- Fiction, Jack Laidlaw (Fictitious character), Police, Fiction, mystery & detective, general
Detective Inspector Jack Laidlaw blunders his way through ruined lives and frustrated relationships investigating his brother's murder and a drug pusher in Glasgow.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and contemporary.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
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About the book
- Author
- William McIlvanney
- First published
- 1991
- Pages
- 321
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton, William Morrow, Sceptre
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780340574607
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