Book Two in the Laidlaw series The Laidlaw books are widely considered to be among the greatest achivements of Scottish crime writing and the founding novels of what has since become known as Tartan Noir.
In this second book in his monumental Laidlaw series, McIlvanney tells the tale of Eck Adamson, an alcoholic vagrant who summons Jack Laidlaw to his deathbed.
Probably the only policeman in Glasgow who would bother to respond, Laidlaw see in Eck's cryptic last message a clue t.
Europa Editions The papers of tony veitch, paperback/william mcilvanney
