by William McIlvanney · Sceptre · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780340403136
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«The Big Man» is the novel by William McIlvanney, published by Sceptre in paperback, with 303 pages and text in English.
The story follows Dan Scoular, a legend for his physical strength in a declining mining community in Ayrshire. A bare-knuckle fight offers him money and a purpose, but also confronts him with a struggle to preserve his heritage and integrity.
Originally published in 1985, this edition is from 1992. The novel was adapted into a movie with Liam Neeson and Joanne Whalley-Kilmer.
For readers of contemporary fiction, especially that with a Scottish setting and characters shaped by their social and working environment.
William Angus McIlvanney was a Scottish novelist, short story writer, and poet. He was known as Gus by friends and acquaintances. McIlvanney was a champion of gritty yet poetic literature; his works Laidlaw, The Papers of Tony Veitch, and Walking Wounded are all known for their portrayal of Glasgow in the 1970s. He is regarded as "the father of Tartan Noir" and as Scotland's Camus.
