num_pages: 150
description: The novel in which the unconventional detective Jack Laidlaw makes his debut. William McIlvanney is also the author of "The Papers of Tony Veitch" and "Docherty", winner of the 1975 Whitbread Award.
language: English
title: Laidlaw
titlecomplete: Laidlaw
characters: Jack Laidlaw
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Thriller, Crime, Mystery Thriller, Detective, Scotland, Noir, Audiobook, Novels
ratings_count: 4949
places: Glasgow, Scotland
series: Jack Laidlaw
awards: awardedAt: 220953600000
name: CWA Silver Dagger, awardedAt: 252489600000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Hodder & Stoughton