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Dr David Goldie discusses LAIDLAW, William McIlvanney’s first detective novel – video from our 2018 Schools Conference

3/9

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOA8S5_rq2M&list=PLEP9HxY4X7WZwMUjyxVcQZ8J2K1gp3_Nh

#Scottish #literature #20thcentury #WilliamMcIlvanney #CrimeFiction #TartanNoir

William McIlvanney's Detective fiction: Laidlaw - David Goldie

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Tartan Noir, or, Hard-Boiled Heidegger

Prof Matt Wickman asks, What does William McIlvanney’s LAIDLAW tell us about the literary tradition within which it is embedded? & how might the novel help us conceptualise the political state of Scotland?

4/9

https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/free-publications/tartan_noir/

#Scottish #literature #20thcentury #WilliamMcIlvanney #CrimeFiction #TartanNoir #Heidegger #philosophy #politics

Book cover, resembling a 1950s pulp.

The image shows Heidegger's face; we can only see one of his eyes as he stares out of the shadows. The words

TARTAN NOIR

are written above his head, in a yellow-and-brown plaid pattern. Below his chin the text reads

or, HARD-BOILED HEIDEGGER

The author's name is Matthew Wickman — Book cover, resembling a 1950s pulp. The image shows Heidegger's face; we can only see one of his eyes as he stares out of the shadows. The words TARTAN NOIR are written above his head, in a yellow-and-brown plaid pattern. Below his chin the text reads or, HARD-BOILED HEIDEGGER The author's name is Matthew Wickman

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