#tartannoir — Public Fediverse posts

Robbing the Dead "A police procedural that delights the reader with a strong sense of place. Tartan Noir at its best." Sale: $8.99 to $6.99 by Tana Collins Rating: 4.0/5 (1,503 Reviews) #Thriller #Crime #Mystery #PoliceProcedural #ScottishFiction #TartanNoir #BookSky

William McIlvanney’s pitch-black noirs, featuring Inspector Laidlaw’s disturbing adventures in the Glasgow underworld, made Scotland into a world capital of crime fiction

Ian Rankin remembers the man who created Tartan Noir

5/9

https://crimereads.com/mcilvanney-and-me-ian-rankin-remembers-the-man-who-created-tartan-noir/

#Scottish #literature #20thcentury #WilliamMcIlvanney #CrimeFiction #TartanNoir

Tartan Noir, or, Hard-Boiled Heidegger

Prof Matt Wickman asks, What does William McIlvanney’s LAIDLAW tell us about the literary tradition within which it is embedded? & how might the novel help us conceptualise the political state of Scotland?

4/9

https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/free-publications/tartan_noir/

#Scottish #literature #20thcentury #WilliamMcIlvanney #CrimeFiction #TartanNoir #Heidegger #philosophy #politics

Dr David Goldie discusses LAIDLAW, William McIlvanney’s first detective novel – video from our 2018 Schools Conference

3/9

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOA8S5_rq2M&list=PLEP9HxY4X7WZwMUjyxVcQZ8J2K1gp3_Nh

#Scottish #literature #20thcentury #WilliamMcIlvanney #CrimeFiction #TartanNoir

The real deal: How William McIlvanney transformed Scottish fiction

“If there is a direct line from the so-called ‘Kailyard’ writers of the late 19th century […] to the playful savagery of Irvine Welsh and the still rising body-count of ‘tartan noir’, then at its midpoint stands William McIlvanney.”

Brian Morton profiles William McIlvanney for BBC Arts

2/9

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1yvXjdWM7lsQNjpNB024ZPC/the-real-deal-how-william-mcilvanney-transformed-scottish-fiction

#Scottish #literature #20thcentury #WilliamMcIlvanney #CrimeFiction #TartanNoir

Tartan Noir, or, Hard-Boiled Heidegger

Prof Matthew Wickman investigates the philosophical underpinnings of “Tartan Noir” – with specific reference to William McIlvanney’s LAIDLAW novels

https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/free-publications/tartan_noir/

#Scottish #literature #crimefiction #detectivefiction #noir #TartanNoir

“We have attempted to tell the story of Scottish crime fiction in eleven books. We tried to do it in ten but could not get lower than eleven.”

—A little Scottish crime fiction bookshelf, or the story of Tartan Noir in 11 books, from the National Library of Scotland blog

https://blog.nls.uk/a-little-scottish-crime-fiction-bookshelf-or-the-story-of-tartan-noir-in-11-books/

#Scottish #literature #crimefiction #detectivefiction #noir #TartanNoir

PARTNERS IN CRIME

Scottish Society for Northern Studies half-day conference – exploring literary cross-currents between Scotland & Scandinavia via the prism of crime fiction

25 Nov, online – tickets £5

@litstudies

#Scottish #literature #Scotland #Scandinavia #ScandiNoir #TartanNoir #CrimeFiction

https://www.ssns.org.uk/events/scottish-scandinavian-crime/

Finished watching 'Magpie Murders' on TVNZ+. If you like your murder mysteries the English way, with villages, flashbacks to a nostalgia-soaked 1950's, and twists aplenty, you will enjoy this six-part series.And Lesley Manville, who is plays an editor turned amateur sleuth, is very good. Just a bit twee for me. I'm more of a tartan noir fan myself, preferring more 'grit'.

#MagpieMurders #TartanNoir #MurderMysteries