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William McIlvanney | The Herald
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Lecturas de junio. Cuarta semana
Sólo la oscuridad / William McIlvanney, Ian Rankin. Editorial Salamandra, 2023 Al joven agente Jack Laidlaw no le gusta trabajar en equipo, pero tiene un sexto sentido para lo que ocurre en las calles. Su jefe atribuye la violencia a las rivalidades de siempre, pero ¿es así de sencillo? Cuando se inicia la guerra entre dos bandas de Glasgow, Laidlaw necesita averiguar quién eliminó al abogado…
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On December 5th 2015 the Scottish author William McIlvanney died in Glasgow.
Born in Kilmarnock on November 25th 1936 McIlvanney went to the town’s Academy and then on to Glasgow University, studying English, he went on to teach at Greenwood Academy in his native Ayrshire where he rose to the position of assistant head before leaving to take up full time writing.
His first novel, Remedy is None, won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize in 1966 and his follow up A Gift from Nessus also won an award, although both were recognised and well received neither was a commercial success. After a long gap Docherty was published in 1977 the gritty story of a miner in the depression it again won a prize, The Whitbread Novel Award but still the job in the school paid the bills.
My favourite genre is the detective novel and it wasn’t until McIlvanney wrote about a Glasgow cop called Laidlaw that the tide was to turn, it was a hit in the best sellers and won him a fourth writers reward, Silver Daggers from the Crime Writers’ Association. By now he had given up teaching but it wasn’t until 1983 that he followed up with the second in the trilogy The Papers of Tony Veitch which repeated the success of the first in the series, Strange Loyalties the third came in 1991 and was actually the first of the three I have read, it won the Glasgow Herald’s People’s Prize.
Other books came in between 83 and 91, the best in my opinion was The Big Man. about a Glasgow prize fighter, was made into a film starring Liam Neeson and Billy Connolly.
The Kiln, a successor to Docherty, featuring the grandson of the original then a ten year gap till Weekend, McIlvanney was not what you would call a prolific writer like Ian Rankin or Val McDermid or Christopher Brookmyre, all who have been credited with continuing his “Tartan Noir” style, he filled out the years with newspaper columns and TV appearances presenter of a BBC books programme being one, he also did a number of voice overs, he had what I would describe as a rich Scottish brogue but very easy to understand, very much like his older brother Hugh, the sports journalist.
McIlvanney was working on a manuscript when he passed away and the book was released this year after Ian Rankin was asked to finish the book, Rankin has said it was an "incredible honour" to be asked to finish, he commented "There were two or three books in there which he was contemplating but one of them he had actually made a good start on, which was The Dark Remains."
My favouties, of the books I have read by William McIlvanney are the Laidlaw trilogy, when I imagine them and the author himself the first pic, of an old style bar an ashtray and a whisky springs to mind.
Bless this House: A Sampler for Glasgow Bedsits William McIlvanney
Bless this house, wherever it is, This house and this and this and this, Pitched shaky as small nomad tents Within Victorian permanence, Where no names stay long, no families meet In Observatory Road and Clouston Street, Where Harry and Sally who want to be ‘free’ And Morag who works in the BBC And Andy the Artist and Mhairi and Fran (Whose father will never understand) And John from Kilmarnock and Jean from the Isles And Michael who jogs every day for miles And Elspeth are passing through this year: Bless them the short time they are here. Bless the cup left for a month or more On the dust of the window-ledge, the door That won’t quite shut, the broken fan, The snowscape of fat in the frying pan. Bless each burnt chop, each unseen smile That they may nourish their hopes a while. Bless the persistence of their faith, The gentle incense of their breath. Bless the wild dreams that are seeded here, The lover to come, the amazing career. Bless such small truths as they may find By the lonely night-light of the mind. Bless these who camp out in the loss of the past And scavenge their own from what others have lost, Who have courage to reach for what they cannot see And have gambled what was for what may never be. So turn up the Hi Fi, Michael and John. What is to come may be already gone. And pull up the covers, Jean and Mhairi. The island is far and you’ve missed the ferry.
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Misplaced optimism
This British state is best defined - with a nod to the late William McIlvanney - as the structures of power, privilege, and patronage which serve the interests of the few at whatever cost to the many.
I just got around to properly reading an article by Jim Sillars published more than a month ago. I think I skim-read it back then and dismissed it. The article having been brought to my attention again, I thought it appropriate to explain why I was so dismissive. I posted a comment which I reproduce below. Jim Sillars’s optimism for Scotland’s cause (Independence nearer than unionists know)…
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Alredered Remembers William McIlvanney, Scottish author, on his birthday.
"Good lies need a leavening of truth to make them palatable."
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Albert Henry Krehbiel (Artology)
Bitterness Day (Church of the SubGenius)
Candle Flame Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)
Catherine Labouré (Christian; Saint)
Catherine of Alexandria (Christian; Saint)
Cat-Nipping Convention (Shamanism)
Elizabeth of Reute (Christian; Saint)
Erasmus (a.k.a. Elme; Christian; Saint)
Gazpacho Soup Day (Pastafarian)
Isaac Watts (Lutheran Church and Church of England)
James Otis Sargent Huntington (Episcopal Church)
Lucy the Australopithecine Discovery Day (Pastafarian)
Mangé Yam (Yam Festival; Haiti)
Maurice Denis (Artology)
Media Autumnus IV (Pagan)
Patrick Nagel (Artology)
P. D. Eastman (Artology)
Persephone (a.k.a. Kore; celebration for the Goddess of Vegetation; Ancient Greece)
Poul Anderson (Writerism)
Richelieu (Positivist; Saint)
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Three Hooded Ones Book of Days)
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William McIlvanney (Writerism)
Windmill Blessing Day (Everyday Wicca)
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Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]
Premieres
Aladdin (Animated Disney Film; 1992)
Anticipation, by Carly Simon (Song; 1971)
The Artist (Film; 2011)
The Banana Splits in Hocus Pocus Park (Hanna-Barbera Animated TV Special; 1972)
The Beatles: Get Back (Documentary Series; 2021)
The Bodyguard (Film; 1992)
Brooklyn (Film; 2015)
A Bug’s Life (Animated Pixar Film; 1998)
Caveman Inki (WB LT Cartoon; 1950)
Cellbound, featuring Butch (Tex Avery MGM Cartoon; 1955)
Creed (Film; 2015)
The Croods: A New Age (Animated Film; 2020)
Cue Ball Cat (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1950)
Ferdinand the Bull (Disney Cartoon; 1938)
Fifth Business, by Robertson Davies (Novel; 1970)
Frozen: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Album; 2013)
Gentlemen Jim (Film; 1942)
Geri’s Game (Pixar Cartoon; 1998)
Giantland (Disney Cartoon; 1933)
The Good Dinosaur (Animated Film; 2015)
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (TV Special; 2022)
Jack and the Beanstalk (ComiColor Cartoon; 1933)
Journey to the Center of the Earth, by Jules Verne (Novel; 1864)
Knock Knock (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1940) [1st Woody cartoon]
The Last Waltz (Concert Film; 1976)
Lego Scooby-Doo! Knight Time Terror (WB Animated Film; 2015)
Let It Go, by Idina Menzel (Song; 2013)
Merlin Brando (Super Chicken Cartoon; 1967) [#1]2
New Wave Hookers (Adult Film; 1985)
Pink Quackers (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1978)
Pink and Shovel (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1978)
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (Film; 1987)
The Princess and the Frog (Animated Disney Film; 2009)
Rescue Is My Business (George of the Jungle Cartoon; 1967) [#12]
The Saint Steps In, by Leslie Charteris (Novel; 1943) [Saint #25]
Sevens, by Garth Brooks (Album; 1997)
Simon Says, No Thanksgiving, Parts 1 & 2 (Underdog Cartoon, S2, Eps. 37 & 38; 1965)
Slide, Donald, Slide (Disney Cartoon; 1949)
Snow Use (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1929)
Spotlight (Film; 2015)
Three Men and a Baby (Film; 1987)
Tintin in Tibet, by Hergé (Graphic Novel; 1960) [Tintin #20]
Walter Woolfe, or the Doom of the Drinker, by Thomas Dunn English (Novel; 1842)
You Always Hurt the One You Love, by The Mills Brothers (Song; 1944)
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Holidays 11.25
Holidays
Blasé Day
Carers Rights Day (UK)
Catterntide
CNSO Day (India)
Common Butterbur
Day Against Domestic Violence (EU)
Don’t Utter a Word Day
Evacuation Day (NYC)
Family Day (Palau)
Global Family Business Day
Hari Guru (a.k.a. Teacher's Day; Indonesia)
Homeland Security Day
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (UN)
International Hat Day
Kadripäev (Estonia)
Meh Day
Military Peacekeepers Day (Russia)
Monkey Buffet Festival (Thailand)
Mousetrap Day
National Day (Myanmar)
National Don't Utter a Word Day
National Lap Dance Day
National Natural Fibers Day
National Play with Dad
National Rugby Day
National Teachers’ Day (Indonesia)
National Twin Day (Japan)
Pig Day (French Republic)
Primary Education Day (Thailand)
Public Health Thank You Day
Roses Revolution Day
SAK Meatless Day
Shopping Reminder Day [1 Month 'till Xmas]
Type 1 Diabetes Day (New Jersey)
Vajiravudh Memorial Day (Thailand)
White Ribbon Day (Australia, UK)
Women's Merrymaking Day
World Safari Day
Food & Drink Celebrations
Egg Fried Rice Day (China)
National “Eat with a Friend” Day
National Parfait Day
Independence & Related Days
Duaktoserija (Declared; 2016) [unrecognized]
Moquegua City Foundation Day (Peru)
Ongal (Declared; 2014) [unrecognized]
Statehood Day (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Suriname (a.k.a. Srefidensi; from the Netherlands, 1975)
4th & Last Monday in November
Anchor Christmas Ale Day [Monday before Thanksgiving]
Day of National Sovereignty (Argentina) [4th Monday]
Learn When to Start Thawing the Turkey Day [Monday before Thanksgiving]
Meatless Monday [Last Monday of Each Month]
Meditation Monday [Every Monday]
Mellow Monday [4th Monday of Each Month]
Moody Monday [Last Monday of Each Month]
Memorial Day (Antarctica) [Last Monday]
Monday Musings [Every Monday]
Motivation Monday [Every Monday]
Mushroom Monday [4th Monday of Each Month]
National Brand Day [4th Monday]
National Day of the Bible [Monday before Thanksgiving]
National Military Families Recognition Day [Monday before Thanksgiving]
Zibelemarit (Onion Market Day; Berne, Switzerland) [4th Monday]
Weekly Holidays beginning November 25 (4th Full Week of November)
Sixteen Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence (thru 12.10)
Festivals Beginning November 25, 2024
Bremen Christmas Fair (Bremen, Germany) [thru 12.23]
Christmas Market in Gendarmenmarkt (Berlin, Germany) [thru 12.31]
Frankfurt Christmas Market (Frankfurt, Germany) [thru 12.22]
Hamburg Christmas Market (Hamburg, Germany) [thru 12.23]
Munich Christmas Market (Munich, Germany) [thru 12.24]
Zibelemärit [Bern Onion Market] (Bern, Switzerland)
Feast Days
Albert Henry Krehbiel (Artology)
Bitterness Day (Church of the SubGenius)
Candle Flame Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)
Catherine Labouré (Christian; Saint)
Catherine of Alexandria (Christian; Saint)
Cat-Nipping Convention (Shamanism)
Elizabeth of Reute (Christian; Saint)
Erasmus (a.k.a. Elme; Christian; Saint)
Gazpacho Soup Day (Pastafarian)
Isaac Watts (Lutheran Church and Church of England)
James Otis Sargent Huntington (Episcopal Church)
Lucy the Australopithecine Discovery Day (Pastafarian)
Mangé Yam (Yam Festival; Haiti)
Maurice Denis (Artology)
Media Autumnus IV (Pagan)
Patrick Nagel (Artology)
P. D. Eastman (Artology)
Persephone (a.k.a. Kore; celebration for the Goddess of Vegetation; Ancient Greece)
Poul Anderson (Writerism)
Richelieu (Positivist; Saint)
Roelof Frankot (Artology)
Three Hooded Ones Book of Days)
Tom Turkey (Muppetism)
William McIlvanney (Writerism)
Windmill Blessing Day (Everyday Wicca)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]
Premieres
Aladdin (Animated Disney Film; 1992)
Anticipation, by Carly Simon (Song; 1971)
The Artist (Film; 2011)
The Banana Splits in Hocus Pocus Park (Hanna-Barbera Animated TV Special; 1972)
The Beatles: Get Back (Documentary Series; 2021)
The Bodyguard (Film; 1992)
Brooklyn (Film; 2015)
A Bug’s Life (Animated Pixar Film; 1998)
Caveman Inki (WB LT Cartoon; 1950)
Cellbound, featuring Butch (Tex Avery MGM Cartoon; 1955)
Creed (Film; 2015)
The Croods: A New Age (Animated Film; 2020)
Cue Ball Cat (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1950)
Ferdinand the Bull (Disney Cartoon; 1938)
Fifth Business, by Robertson Davies (Novel; 1970)
Frozen: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Album; 2013)
Gentlemen Jim (Film; 1942)
Geri’s Game (Pixar Cartoon; 1998)
Giantland (Disney Cartoon; 1933)
The Good Dinosaur (Animated Film; 2015)
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (TV Special; 2022)
Jack and the Beanstalk (ComiColor Cartoon; 1933)
Journey to the Center of the Earth, by Jules Verne (Novel; 1864)
Knock Knock (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1940) [1st Woody cartoon]
The Last Waltz (Concert Film; 1976)
Lego Scooby-Doo! Knight Time Terror (WB Animated Film; 2015)
Let It Go, by Idina Menzel (Song; 2013)
Merlin Brando (Super Chicken Cartoon; 1967) [#1]2
New Wave Hookers (Adult Film; 1985)
Pink Quackers (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1978)
Pink and Shovel (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1978)
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (Film; 1987)
The Princess and the Frog (Animated Disney Film; 2009)
Rescue Is My Business (George of the Jungle Cartoon; 1967) [#12]
The Saint Steps In, by Leslie Charteris (Novel; 1943) [Saint #25]
Sevens, by Garth Brooks (Album; 1997)
Simon Says, No Thanksgiving, Parts 1 & 2 (Underdog Cartoon, S2, Eps. 37 & 38; 1965)
Slide, Donald, Slide (Disney Cartoon; 1949)
Snow Use (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1929)
Spotlight (Film; 2015)
Three Men and a Baby (Film; 1987)
Tintin in Tibet, by Hergé (Graphic Novel; 1960) [Tintin #20]
Walter Woolfe, or the Doom of the Drinker, by Thomas Dunn English (Novel; 1842)
You Always Hurt the One You Love, by The Mills Brothers (Song; 1944)
Today’s Name Days
Katharina, Kathrin, Katja (Austria)
Kliment, Klimentina (Bulgaria)
Erazmo, Katarina (Croatia)
Kateřina (Czech Republic)
Catharina (Denmark)
Kaarin, Kadi, Kadri, Kadrin, Karin, Katariina, Kati, Katre, Katri, Katrin, Triin, Triina, Triinu (Estonia)
Kaarina, Kaija, Kaisa, Kaisu, Katariina, Kati, Katja, Katri, Katriina, Riina (Finland)
Catherine (France)
Katharina, Kathrin, Katja, Jasmin (Germany)
Aikaterine, Aikaterini, Katerina, Merkourios (Greece)
Katalin (Hungary)
Caterina (Italy)
Kate, Katrīna, Trīne (Latvia)
Germilė, Kotryna, Santautas (Lithuania)
Kari, Katarina, Katrine (Norway)
Erazm, Jozafat, Katarzyna, Tęgomir (Poland)
Ecaterina (Romania)
Katarína (Slovakia)
Catalina (Spain)
Katarina, Katja (Sweden)
Caitlin, Caitlyn, Carina, Caryn, Catherine, Cathleen, Cathy Kaitlin, Kaitlynn, Kara, Karen, Kari, Karina, Kate, Katelyn, Katelynn, Katharine, Katherine, Kathleen, Kathryn, Kathy, Katie, Katrina, Treena, Trina, Trinity (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 330 of 2024; 36 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 1 of Week 48 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Ngetal (Reed) [Day 2 of 28]
Chinese: Month 10 (Yi-Hai), Day 25 (Guide-Si)
Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]
Hebrew: 24 Heshvan 5785
Islamic: 23 Jumada I 1446
J Cal: 30 Wood; Lastday [30 of 30]
Julian: 12 November 2024
Moon: 26%: Waning Crescent
Positivist: 22 Frederic (12th Month) [Lambert / Sidney]
Runic Half Month: Is (Stasis) [Day 4 of 15]
Season: Autumn or Fall (Day 64 of 90)
Week: 4th Full Week of November
Zodiac: Sagittarius (Day 4 of 30)
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Étranges loyautés de William McIlvanney
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The Dark Remains by William McIlvanney and Ian Rankin
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A farsi troppe domande sull'anagrafe del morto e dell'omicida rischi di dimenticare che ci sono in ballo una vittima e un assassino.
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Lecturas de mayo. Tercera semana
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Los papeles de Tony Veitch / William McIlvanney. Editorial Salamandra, 2021 Los papeles de Tony Veitch, segunda entrega de la renombrada trilogía de Glasgow que William McIlvanney empezó a finales de los años setenta, es un reencuentro con el inspector Jack Laidlaw, un lobo solitario atormentado que, tras su aparente dureza, esconde una gran humanidad y una aguda inteligencia. Eck Adamson, un…
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"Los papeles de Tony Veitch", de William McIlvanney
“Los papeles de Tony Veitch”, de William McIlvanney
♦♦Ganadora del Dagger Award♦♦ «Un vibrante recorrido por las calles y el alma de Glasgow que pone al descubierto una sociedad escocesa marcada por la violencia y la corrupción» La primera novela de William McIlvanney, Remedy is None , ganó el Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize y con Docherty ganó el Whitbread Award for Fiction. Laidlaw y The Papers of Tony Veitch , los dos primeros libros de la…
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I knew there was in me a recurrent tendency to think back to the excitement of new beginnings and regret the ends they've come to. The bitterness that can give rise to is bearing false witness to life. I thought that the essence of life lies not in the defeat of our expectations but in the joy that they were ever there at all.
-- William McIlvanney, Strange Loyalties
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venticinque novembre
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Notte, macchinatrice di raggiri, pazza, immaginativa, chimerista, che mostri a chi il suo bene in te conquista spianati i monti e prosciugati i mari;
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ti si addossano mali, ombre, paure, molesta, visionaria, inferma,…
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