The Big Man William McIlvanney

Name: The Big Man By William McIlvanney
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The Big Man by William McIlvanney

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Summary

'Like Docherty, another masterpiece' The Scotsman

The Big Man Summary

The Big Man by William McIlvanney

AS SEEN IN THE BIG MAN STARRING LIAM NEESON

The big man is Dan Scoular, a legend of physical prowess in a decaying Ayrshire mining community. When a bare-knuckle fight offers both money and a purpose, he finds it turns into a monumental struggle to keep his heritage and integrity intact.

The Big Man Reviews

Inspiring and harshly funny. As in Orwell at his fiercest best, McIlvanney's outrage is all the more potent for being tranquil. Grand fiction that reads as truly as fact * * Mail on Sunday * *
A vivid transcription of a small town and the people who live there . . . Wry, funny, tender, largely unsentimental and very readable * * The Times * *
Confirms his reputation as the most incisive observer of working-class Scottish life * * Guardian * *

About William McIlvanney

William McIlvanney's first novel, Remedy is None, won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize and with Docherty he won the Whitbread Award for Fiction. Laidlaw and The Papers of Tony Veitch both gained Silver Daggers from the Crime Writers' Association. Strange Loyalties, the third in the Detective Laidlaw trilogy, won the Glasgow Herald's People's Prize. He died in December 2015.

Additional information

Sku

GOR005434729

ISBN 13

9781782113027

ISBN 10

1782113029

Title

The Big Man by William McIlvanney

Author

William McIlvanney

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Canongate Books Ltd

Year published

2014-01-02

Number of pages

272

Prizes

N/A

Cover note

Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.

Note

This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us