Saturday, December 05, 2015

William McIlvanney, R. I. P.

Mystery Fanfare: Celebrated Scottish writer William McIlvanney has died aged 79 after a short illness.

3 comments:

Don Coffin said...

SKKM credits him with only 4 books, which seems completely wrong. His wikipedia entry lists 7 plus some volumes of poetry...

I've only read the 3 Laidlaw books, which are extraordinary (and not a lot of fun).

Tom Johnson said...

I found his Laidlaw stories very entertaining. I didn't know he was that old, or ill. A shame.

Fred Zackel said...

I read the Laidlaws when they first came out. God, was he an inspiration!