'His face made a fist at the world. The twined remnant of umbilicus projected vulnerably. Hands, feet and prick. He had come equipped for the job.'
Newborn Conn Docherty, raw as a fresh wound, lies between his parents in their tenement room, with no birthright but a life's labour in the pits of his small town. But the world is changing, and, lying next to him, Conn's father Tam has decided that his son's life will be different from his own.
Gritty, dark and tender, McIlvanney's Docherty is a modern classic.
- ISBN10 1782119612
- ISBN13 9781782119616
- Publish Date 3 November 2016 (first published 6 February 1975)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Canongate Books Ltd
- Imprint Canongate Canons
- Edition Main - Canons Edition
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 384
- Language English