The Big Man by William McIlvanney
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The Big Man is a novel by William McIlvanney published in 1986 based on real life miner and bare knuckle boxer Thomas Tallen.
William McIlvanney - Wikipedia
William Angus McIlvanney (25 November 1936 – 5 December 2015) was a Scottish novelist, short story writer, and poet. He was known as Gus by friends and ...
Product information. Author: William McIlvanney. Type: PAPERBACK. ISBN ... AS SEEN IN THE BIG MAN STARRING LIAM NEESON The big man is Dan Scoular, a ...
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His works included novels such as Docherty, The Big Man, and his best-known book, Laidlaw. He won several awards for his work, including the Scottish Arts ...
William McIlvanney - British Council Literature
Docherty (1975), a moving portrait of a miner whose courage and endurance is tested during the depression, won the Whitbread Novel Award. The Big Man (1985), is ...
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The book was adapted into a film in 1986 by David Leland, The Big Man, starring Liam Neeson, Billy Connolly, and Hugh Grant. Subjects: Police, Scotland. View on ...
William McIlvanney Book & Series List - FictionDB
A complete list of all William McIlvanney's books & series in order (12 books) (1 series) ... The Big Man. 1985. Suspense. AS SEEN IN THE MOTION PICTURE STARRING ...
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William McIlvanney's first novel, Remedy is None, won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize and with Docherty he won the Whitbread Award for Fiction.
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For that pleasure, we have Ian Rankin to thank and, one final time, the man himself, William McIlvanney. ... — The Big Thrill, Sep 1 2021. “The world ...
Up Close: Ian Rankin and William McIlvanney - THE BIG THRILL
“McIlvanney was a huge influence on me. I admired him as a man and as a writer,” he says. “I wanted to keep his legacy alive. I said, 'Okay ...
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William McIlvanney was a Scottish crime author who was known as “the ... The Big Man, (1985), Description / Buy at Amazon.com. In Through the Head, (1988) ...
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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 ...
Ian Rankin | William McIlvanney – The Last Word - YouTube
Having brought the work of one of Scotland's great noir writers back into print a few years ago to huge success, the award-winning Scottish ...
William McIlvanney - Canongate Books
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The Big Man, brought out in 1985, was turned into the 1990 film of the same ... The Dark Remains. by William McIlvanney and Ian Rankin Canongate, September 2021 ...
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The Big Man is a novel by William McIlvanney published in 1986 based on real life miner and bare knuckle boxer Thomas Tallen.
William McIlvanney, Stop, You're Killing Me! has bibliographies of your ... The Big Man (1985). Walking Wounded (1989) [SS some crime]. Other fiction ...
Ian Rankin's Tribute to William McIlvanney - The Poisoned Pen
Rankin tells that story in “McIlvanney and Me: Ian Rankin Remembers the Man Who Created Tartan Noir”, an article you can read at CrimeReads.
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Scotland is a much poorer place without late genius William ...
The Guardian said Laidlaw “laid the blueprint for Rebus and co”. But, as we have seen, there was more to McIlvanney than crime. The Big Man ( ...