'The Laidlaw books are not just great crime novels, they are important ones' Mark Billingham
'It's doubtful I would be a crime writer without the influence of McIlvanney's Laidlaw' Ian Rankin

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

Acclaimed for its corrosive wit, dark themes and original maverick detective, the Laidlaw trilogy has earned the status of classic crime fiction.

Strange Loyalties Reviews

It's doubtful I would be a crime writer without the influence of McIlvanney's Laidlaw -- IAN RANKIN
His Laidlaw is an enduring hero with the dry wit and insight to make other literary detectives seem two-dimensional -- GORDON FERRIS
The Laidlaw books are not just great crime novels, they are important ones -- MARK BILLINGHAM
Transfixing * * Sunday Times * *
He kicked the door open so the likes of Ian Rankin, Denise Mina and me could sneak through behind him -- VAL McDERMID
The pure distilled essence of Scottish crime writing -- PETER MAY
A crime trilogy so searing it will burn forever into your memory. McIlvanney is the original Scottish criminal mastermind -- CHRISTOPHER BROOKMYRE
The good news is that Laidlaw is back * * Observer * *
In a class of his own * * Guardian * *
Reads like a breathless scalpel cut through the bloody heart of a city -- DENISE MINA

About William McIlvanney

William McIlvanney's first novel, Remedy is None, won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize and with Docherty he won the Whitbread Award for Fiction. Laidlaw and The Papers of Tony Veitch both gained Silver Daggers from the Crime Writers' Association, while the third in the Laidlaw trilogy, Strange Loyalties, won the Glasgow Herald's People's Prize. He died in December 2015.

Strange Loyalties is the third book in the Laidlaw Trilogy.

Additional information

Sku

GOR010584652

ISBN 13

9781838851118

ISBN 10

1838851119

Title

Strange Loyalties by William McIlvanney

Author

William McIlvanney

Series

Laidlaw Trilogy

Condition

Used - Like New

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Canongate Books Ltd

Year published

2020-04-02

Number of pages

384

Prizes

N/A

Cover note

Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.

Note

The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins