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William McIlvanney’s pitch-black noirs, featuring DI Laidlaw’s disturbing adventures in the Glasgow underworld, made Scotland into a world capital of #crimefiction
@ianrankin1.bsky.social remembers the man who created Tartan Noir – via @crimereads.bsky.social
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@ianrankin1.bsky.social remembers the man who created Tartan Noir – via @crimereads.bsky.social
💙📚
5/9
crimereads.com/mcilvanney-a...
McIlvanney and Me: Ian Rankin Remembers the Man Who Created Tartan Noir
It was August 1985 and I was a full-time student at the University of Edinburgh. When not studying, I was writing novels. By 1985 I’d written two. One had been rejected but the other had been accep…
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November 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
William McIlvanney’s pitch-black noirs, featuring DI Laidlaw’s disturbing adventures in the Glasgow underworld, made Scotland into a world capital of #crimefiction
@ianrankin1.bsky.social remembers the man who created Tartan Noir – via @crimereads.bsky.social
💙📚
5/9
crimereads.com/mcilvanney-a...
@ianrankin1.bsky.social remembers the man who created Tartan Noir – via @crimereads.bsky.social
💙📚
5/9
crimereads.com/mcilvanney-a...