Laidlaw
3 primary works
Book 1
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Book 2
'Laidlaw is back, the Glasgow policeman with bowels who knows his jungle like the back of his own horny hand. A stabbed thug, a deathbed gasp from an old wino, lungs scorified by the weedkiller his bottle was laced with, a frightened Italian drab, a tilted lady looking for off-limits thrills, the escaped prey - a mosaic takes brutal shape ...the interpretation of this argot-rich underworld, bullies and hard men, victims and tourists, and of the very nature of violence, is a powerful achievement' The Observer
Book 3
After his brother dies stepping out in front of a car, Jack Laidlaw uses his skills as a detective to find out why. With corrosive wit, Laidlaw relates an emotional quest through Glasgow's underworld, back home to Graithnock and into the past, discovering as much about himself as the beloved brother he has lost in a search which leads to a shattering climax.