{"product_id":"2026100012604-secondhand-the-papers-of-tony-veitch","title":"The Papers Of Tony Veitch","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: 1st ed.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGlasgow is a city of shadows and secrets, and in William McIlvanney's The Papers of Tony Veitch, Detective Inspector Jack Laidlaw is pulled into its darkest corners when a dying vagrant whispers a cryptic message — one that connects a missing student, a set of dangerous documents, and the city's most ruthless criminal underworld. This gripping crime novel chronicles Laidlaw's obsessive pursuit of the truth behind the mysterious Tony Veitch, weaving through the rain-slicked streets and tenement warrens of 1980s Glasgow with the relentless energy of a city that never quite sleeps and never quite forgives.\n\nMcIlvanney, often credited as the godfather of Tartan Noir, writes with a poet's precision and a moralist's fury, presenting Glasgow not merely as a backdrop but as a living, breathing character in its own right — one whose class tensions and bruised dignity are inseparable from the crimes committed within it. Laidlaw himself is a contradiction: a philosopher-detective who quotes Camus while navigating the brutal logic of street justice, a man whose empathy for the dispossessed makes him both the best and most tortured officer on the force. The Papers of Tony Veitch cements McIlvanney's place as one of British crime fiction's most essential voices, and its final revelations leave the reader questioning not just who is guilty, but what guilt truly means.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50948309549275,"sku":"2026100012604-SECONDHAND","price":30.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/f33f5f1e-f296-4e11-b3be-ff8d0b621772.png?v=1793104438","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100012604-secondhand-the-papers-of-tony-veitch","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}