The big man is Dan Scoular, a legend of physical prowess in a decaying Ayrshire mining community.
Laidlaw and The Papers of Tony Veitch.
About the Author William McIlvanney \'s first novel, Remedy is None , won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize and with Docherty he won the Whitbread Award for Fiction.
When a bare-knuckle fight offers both money and a purpose, he finds it turns into a monumental struggle to keep his heritage and integrity intact.
The big man is Dan Scoular, a legend of physical prowess in a decaying Ayrshire mining community