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Word: mcilvanney (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Glasgow, it has not a bonny brae nor a twirling tartan to its name; but it offers an assortment of colorful underworld types who demonstrate that tough talk is not softened when it is spoken with a burr. Laidlaw is also the first police procedural by Scottish Author William McIlvanney, 41, who has written three earlier novels and a book of poems, none published in the U.S. Like the whiskies of his native land, Mcllvanney's debut here comes after appropriate aging...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Criminal Outrage | 6/27/1977 | See Source »

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