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The Big Man (novel)

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Pages
  
256

Originally published
  
1985

Page count
  
256


ISBN
  
978-0688064051

Author
  
William McIlvanney

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Publisher
  
Hodder & Stoughton (UK), William Morrow & Co (US)

Publication date
  
1985 (1985) (UK), 1 May 1986 (1986-05-01) (US)

Similar
  
Remedy is None, Docherty, The Kiln, A Gift from Nessus, The Papers of Tony Veitch

The Big Man is a novel by William McIlvanney published in 1986. The book was adapted into a film directed by David Leland, The Big Man (1990), which stars Liam Neeson, Billy Connolly, and Hugh Grant.

Plot

This novel relates the story of Dan Scoular, an unemployed man who turns to bare-knuckle boxing to make a living.

References

The Big Man (novel) Wikipedia