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Docherty

by William McIlvanney ...

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Whitbread Award Winner: A Scottish miner fights for a better life for his son in this "intense, witty and beautifully wrought novel" ( Daily Telegraph).At the dawn of the twentieth century, newborn Conn Docherty, raw as a fresh wound, lies between his parents in their tenement room, with no birthright but a life's labor in the pits of his small town on the coast of Scotland. But the world is ... Read more

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Whitbread Award Winner: A Scottish miner fights for a better life for his son in this "intense, witty and beautifully wrought novel" ( Daily Telegraph).At the dawn of the twentieth century, newborn Conn Docherty, raw as a fresh wound, lies between his parents in their tenement room, with no birthright but a life's labor in the pits of his small town on the coast of Scotland. But the world is
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The Dark Remains

A Novel

by William McIlvanney, Ian Rankin ...

In this scorching crime collaboration, bestselling author Ian Rankin and Scottish crime-writing legend William McIlvanney join forces for the first ever case of DI Laidlaw, Glasgow’s original gritty detective.Lawyer Bobby Carter did a lot of work for the wrong type of people. Now he’s dead and it was no accident. Besides a distraught family and a heap of powerful friends, Carter’s left behind his ... Read more

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In this scorching crime collaboration, bestselling author Ian Rankin and Scottish crime-writing legend William McIlvanney join forces for the first ever case of DI Laidlaw, Glasgow’s original gritty detective.Lawyer Bobby Carter did a lot of work for the wrong type of people. Now he’s dead and it was no accident. Besides a distraught family and a heap of powerful friends, Carter’s left behind his
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Remedy Is None

by William McIlvanney ...

Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize Winner: After his father's death, a young man struggles with darkness in this novel by "one of Scotland's finest writers" ( The Independent, UK).Charlie Grant, an intense young student at Glasgow University, sits in the lecture hall worrying about the looming possibility that his girlfriend may be pregnant, waiting for her to send word. But when a message arrives for ... Read more

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Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize Winner: After his father's death, a young man struggles with darkness in this novel by "one of Scotland's finest writers" ( The Independent, UK).Charlie Grant, an intense young student at Glasgow University, sits in the lecture hall worrying about the looming possibility that his girlfriend may be pregnant, waiting for her to send word. But when a message arrives for
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Weekend

by William McIlvanney ...

An "illuminating and thought-provoking" novel revolving around an academic gathering at a hotel on a Scottish island (Irvine Welsh, The Guardian).At Willowdale, a Victorian mansion hotel on a Scottish island, a group of English Literature lecturers and students have arrived from Glasgow. They are preparing for a weekend of lectures and intellectual discussions, though some look forward to less ... Read more

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An "illuminating and thought-provoking" novel revolving around an academic gathering at a hotel on a Scottish island (Irvine Welsh, The Guardian).At Willowdale, a Victorian mansion hotel on a Scottish island, a group of English Literature lecturers and students have arrived from Glasgow. They are preparing for a weekend of lectures and intellectual discussions, though some look forward to less
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The Kiln

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A novel of dreams, disappointments, and detours: "Pitch-perfect . . . excruciatingly funny . . . a beguilingly brilliant portrait of the artist as an adolescent." — The Sunday TimesNamed Scottish Book of the Year by the Saltire SocietyTam 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 ... Read more

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A novel of dreams, disappointments, and detours: "Pitch-perfect . . . excruciatingly funny . . . a beguilingly brilliant portrait of the artist as an adolescent." — The Sunday TimesNamed Scottish Book of the Year by the Saltire SocietyTam 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
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The Big Man

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AS SEEN IN THE MOTION PICTURE STARRING LIAM NEESONThe 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. ... Read more

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AS SEEN IN THE MOTION PICTURE STARRING LIAM NEESONThe 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.
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A Gift from Nessus

by William McIlvanney ...

A dark, psychologically compelling story of grift, greed, and a salesman in trouble, from "the finest Scottish novelist of our time" ( Telegraph).Winner of a Scottish Arts Council Book AwardEddie Cameron is a thirty-five-year-old salesman for Rocklight Ltd., an electrical equipment firm in Glasgow, who feels like he's lived thirty-five years with little to show for it: a job as a salesman at ... Read more

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A dark, psychologically compelling story of grift, greed, and a salesman in trouble, from "the finest Scottish novelist of our time" ( Telegraph).Winner of a Scottish Arts Council Book AwardEddie Cameron is a thirty-five-year-old salesman for Rocklight Ltd., an electrical equipment firm in Glasgow, who feels like he's lived thirty-five years with little to show for it: a job as a salesman at
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Walking Wounded

by William McIlvanney ...

These poignant short stories about the quiet yearnings of ordinary lives form "a sad, brilliant, joyful tribute to the dreams that never make it" ( Sunday Express).From a recipient of a Whitbread Award, a Faber Memorial Prize, and other literary honors—who has been called "one of Scotland's finest writers" ( Independent)—this is a collection of stories about the casualties of social and emotional ... Read more

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These poignant short stories about the quiet yearnings of ordinary lives form "a sad, brilliant, joyful tribute to the dreams that never make it" ( Sunday Express).From a recipient of a Whitbread Award, a Faber Memorial Prize, and other literary honors—who has been called "one of Scotland's finest writers" ( Independent)—this is a collection of stories about the casualties of social and emotional
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Laidlaw

by William McIlvanney ...

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7 hours 17 min

Meet Jack Laidlaw, the original damaged detective. When a young woman is found brutally murdered in Kelvingrove Park, only Laidlaw stands a chance of finding her murderer from among the hard men, gangland villains and self-made moneymen who lurk in the city's shadows.WINNER OF THE CWA SILVER DAGGER ... Read more

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Meet Jack Laidlaw, the original damaged detective. When a young woman is found brutally murdered in Kelvingrove Park, only Laidlaw stands a chance of finding her murderer from among the hard men, gangland villains and self-made moneymen who lurk in the city's shadows.WINNER OF THE CWA SILVER DAGGER
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The Dark Remains

by William McIlvanney, Ian Rankin ...

Narrated by Brian Cox ...

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6 hours 29 min

In this scorching crime collaboration, bestselling author Ian Rankin and Scottish crime-writing legend William McIlvanney join forces for the first ever case of DI Laidlaw, Glasgow’s original gritty detective.Lawyer Bobby Carter did a lot of work for the wrong type of people. Now he’s dead and it was no accident. Besides a distraught family and a heap of powerful friends, Carter’s left behind his ... Read more

$32.99 CAD

In this scorching crime collaboration, bestselling author Ian Rankin and Scottish crime-writing legend William McIlvanney join forces for the first ever case of DI Laidlaw, Glasgow’s original gritty detective.Lawyer Bobby Carter did a lot of work for the wrong type of people. Now he’s dead and it was no accident. Besides a distraught family and a heap of powerful friends, Carter’s left behind his
... Read more
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Strange Loyalties

by William McIlvanney ...

Narrated by Mark Bonnar ...

Unabridged

11 hours 22 min

When his brother dies stepping out in front of a car, Detective Jack Laidlaw is determined to find out what really happened. With corrosive wit, Laidlaw relates an emotional quest through Glasgow's underworld, and into the past. He discovers as much about himself as the loved brother he has lost in a search that leads to a shattering climax. ... Read more

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When his brother dies stepping out in front of a car, Detective Jack Laidlaw is determined to find out what really happened. With corrosive wit, Laidlaw relates an emotional quest through Glasgow's underworld, and into the past. He discovers as much about himself as the loved brother he has lost in a search that leads to a shattering climax.
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The Papers of Tony Veitch

by William McIlvanney ...

Narrated by Mark Bonnar ...

Unabridged

8 hours 40 min

Eck Adamson, an alcoholic vagrant, summons Jack Laidlaw to his deathbed. Probably the only policeman in Glasgow who would bother to respond, Laidlaw sees in Eck's cryptic last message a clue to the murder of a gangland thug and the disappearance of a student. With stubborn integrity, Laidlaw tracks a seam of corruption that runs from the top to the bottom of society. ... Read more

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Eck Adamson, an alcoholic vagrant, summons Jack Laidlaw to his deathbed. Probably the only policeman in Glasgow who would bother to respond, Laidlaw sees in Eck's cryptic last message a clue to the murder of a gangland thug and the disappearance of a student. With stubborn integrity, Laidlaw tracks a seam of corruption that runs from the top to the bottom of society.
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