Docherty (novel)
| Author | William McIlvanney |
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| Publisher | Allen & Unwin |
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Publication date
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6 February 1975 |
| Pages | 320 |
| ISBN | 9780048231185 |
Docherty is the third novel by William McIlvanney, first published in 1975.[1]
Contents
Plot
The book is set in a fictional mining town in Scotland in the early part of the 20th Century, and it relates the struggles of a miner called Tam Docherty and his family.
Background
McIlvanney said the novel was "an attempt to democratise traditional culture, to give working-class life the vote in the literature of heroism."[2]
Awards
- 1975 Whitbread Award, for Best Novel [3]
- 1975 Scottish Arts Council Book Award
References
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