- Fiction, Jack Laidlaw (Fictitious character), Police, Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural
McIlvanney once again sets out on the dark side of Glasgow with Detective Jack Laidlaw. "The wine he gave me winsy wine" were the final words of Eck Adamson to Laidlaw, his only friend. Laidlaw is convinced the Eck was murdered and that an elusive young student, Tony Veitch, holds the key to the mystery.
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Grave, classical in form, earnest and bleak.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- warmbleak
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- William McIlvanney
- First published
- 1983
- Pages
- 253
- Publisher
- Coronet, Harvest Books, Pantheon Books
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780340576892
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“It was Glasgow on a Friday night, the city of the stare.”
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