{"product_id":"docherty-paperback","title":"Docherty - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam McIlvanney\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHugh McIlvanney\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'His face made a fist at the world. The twined remnant of umbilicus projected vulnerably. Hands, feet and prick. He had come equipped for the job.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNewborn Conn Docherty, raw as a fresh wound, lies between his parents in their tenement room, with no birthright but a life's labour in the pits of his small town. But the world is changing, and, lying next to him, Conn's father Tam has decided that his son's life will be different from his own. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGritty, dark and tender, McIlvanney's \u003ci\u003eDocherty \u003c\/i\u003eis a modern classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam McIlvanney\u003c\/b\u003e's first novel, \u003ci\u003eRemedy is None\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize and with \u003ci\u003eDocherty\u003c\/i\u003e he won the Whitbread Award for Fiction. \u003ci\u003eLaidlaw\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Papers of Tony Veitch\u003c\/i\u003e both gained Silver Daggers from the Crime Writers' Association. \u003ci\u003eStrange Loyalties\u003c\/i\u003e, the third in the Detective Laidlaw trilogy, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ewon the Glasgow Herald's People's Prize. He died in December 2015.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.8 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42700702122047,"sku":"9781782119616","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/13e0bed5a83d96087546de2f429f8dea.webp?v=1765017827","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/docherty-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}