ARGONAUT BOOKS

Dan Scoular is a working class legend of physical prowess, fighting for his small Ayrshire town's community, trying to keep it all afloat and intact in the face of social change and upheaval. Reviews Inspiring and harshly funny. As in Orwell at his fiercest best, McIlvanney's outrage is all the more potent for being tranquil. Grand fiction that reads as truly as factMail on SundayA vivid transcription of a small town and the people who live there . . . Wry, funny, tender, largely unsentimental and very readableThe TimesConfirms his reputation as the most incisive observe...Read More