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WILLIAM MCILVANNEY William McIlvanney, (Kilmarnock, Escocia, 1936) Graduado por la Universidad de Glasgow, trabajó como profesor de inglés entre 1960 y 1975. Como escritor es muy conocido por ser el padre del tartan noir, el subgénero policiaco ambientado en Escocia que tiene unos parámetros morales muy particulares. De él beben autores tan prestigiosos como Ian Rankin o Val McDermid. Su primer libro, Remedy is None (1966) ganó el Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize. Con Docherty ganó el Whitbread Novel Award, y su novela Laidlaw fue merecedora del Crime Writers' Association Macallan Silver Dagger for Fiction. En castellano también se han publicado Extrañas lealtades, la segunda de las tres novelas protagonizadas por el inspector Laidlaw, y El grande, que contó con una la versión cinematográfica protagonizada por Liam Neeson. También ha logrado cierto reconocimiento como poeta. Weekend es su última novela. (LAIDLAW 01) LAIDLAW . En un parque del oeste de Glasgow aparece el cadáver de una chica, Jennifer Lawson, estrangulada y brutalmente violada. Y entra en acción el inspector Jack Laidlaw que se pone a buscar al culpable con la ayuda de su colega en el cuerpo de policía Harkness. Pero él no es el único que intenta darle caza, porque el padre de Jennifer, Bud Lawson, quiere encontrar al asesino de su hija antes de que lo detenga la policía, para tomarse la justicia por su mano. Y sabe cómo hacerlo, porque tiene contactos en el submundo criminal de Glasgow. De modo que Laidlaw, un detective atormentado y dado a reflexionar sobre la moralidad y el crimen, inicia una carrera contrarreloj para atrapar al criminal antes de que lo haga un padre lleno de ira. William McIlvanney fue el gran precursor de la literatura policiaca escocesa a finales de los años setenta del siglo pasado. Con esta novela, galardonada con el premio CWA Silver Dagger, inició una trilogía protagonizada por el inspector Laidlaw que el tiempo ha convertido en legendaria. .

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