McIlvanney’s pioneering Laidlaw series of crime novels proved an immense inspiration to Ian Rankin and now the creator of Rebus completes his idol’s last, unfinished novel - and Laidlaw's origin story - in reverent yet typically compelling prose.
Winner of The British Book Awards 2022 Crime & Thriller Book of the Year
Exclusive Edition with exclusive transcript of the authors in conversation at the 2013 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival
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William McIlvanney changed the face of crime fiction when he created DI Laidlaw, the original brooding Glasgow cop. He wrote three Laidlaw books and, as recently discovered, left one handwritten manuscript tantalisingly unfinished when he passed away in December 2015.
In the early 1980s one young fan, Ian Rankin, took Laidlaw as inspiration for his own detective, John Rebus. Now, Rankin is back to finish what McIlvanney started.
The Dark Remains, the story of Laidlaw's first case, is written by William McIlvanney and Ian Rankin.
Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd
ISBN: 9781838857226
Number of pages: 288
Dimensions: 240 x 162 mm
Edition: Main
Never a fan of authors finishing others work or building on established classics this was one of the exceptions. I felt it was very easy to see where Rankin took over from McIlvanney the later chapters were more... More
"Whatever else happens, the dark remains."
From the moment I heard about this book I've been stalking various websites, scheming how to get my hands on it. Turns out I didn't have to kill anyone,...
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It was almost an impossible task, completing a novel written by the man single handedly responsible for not only creating Tartan Noir but seemingly the blueprint for every British crime novel to be written in the... More
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