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Laidlaw

By: William McIlvanney
Narrated by: William McIlvanney
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Meet Jack Laidlaw, the original damaged detective. When a young woman is found brutally murdered on Glasgow Green, only Laidlaw stands a chance of finding her murderer from among the hard men, gangland villains and self-made moneymen who lurk in the city's shadows. WINNER OF THE CWA SILVER DAGGER The audiobook is read by William McIlvanney©1977 William McIlvanney Crime Thrillers Mystery Police Procedural Thriller & Suspense Fiction Crime
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The best new character in crime fiction for years
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Oh dear story has potential even if set in 1977. But oh dear the narrator sounded like he was struggling with false teeth. Monotone and boring.

gave up boring narrator!

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Is there anything you would change about this book?

I found this book very slow and did not really move along.

Who was your favorite character and why?

I could not find a character that I could form an opinion of.

What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?

This book might have been better with a different narrator. The author/narrator had a very strong accent, which I was unable to tune into and found it very hard at times to understand, though he tried to give characters different accents, this failed and again made it difficult for me to follow the story.

tedious

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Liked this book but do find the pessimistic turn of phrase a little off putting.

Good read

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William is a great observational storyteller. He takes you home and imerses you in the grit of Glasgow life. Fantastic characters and storyline. Absolutely tremendous.

Great, Grimey, Glasgow.

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Some beautiful language and phrasing in this grittily dramatic number … I liked it a lot

Stick with it

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