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Series
  
Laidlaw #3

Pages
  
281

Author
  
William McIlvanney

Page count
  
281

Publisher
  
Hodder & Stoughton

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Publication date
  
1991

Originally published
  
1991

Preceded by
  
The Papers of Tony Veitch

ISBN
  
9780340533789

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Similar
  
The Papers of Tony Veitch, Laidlaw, Remedy is None, Docherty, The Big Man

Strange Loyalties is a 1991 crime novel by William McIlvanney. This book is the third in the series featuring the character Laidlaw. This series of books is recognised as the foundation of the Tartan Noir genre.

Contents

Plot

The novel centres around the death of Jack Laidlaw's brother who is run over by a car. Laidlaw is faced with an emotional journey to the depths of Glasgow's underworld and his own past, to discover the truth, finds out as much about himself as his brother.

Style

Unlike the first two novels in this series, Strange Loyalties is written as a first-person narrative.

Editions

The book was first published in 1991 by Hodder & Staughton, and was reissued on 3 June 2013 by Canongate.

References

Strange Loyalties Wikipedia