Liam McIlvanney Is Joining Us for a Seriously Laid Back Discussion About Crime Fiction, Academia and a Few Other Matters – Come Along

Liam McIlvanney is joining us for a seriously laid back discussion about crime fiction, academia and a few other matters – come along

If you’re a professor of literature, writing a novel must be pretty easy, right? Or, hang on, maybe not. Perhaps all that knowledge, expertise and awareness of truly great writing makes putting yourself out there even harder? It’s a question I’ll ask of Liam McIlvanney of the University of Otago, New Zealand, on July 11 in a Q&A at Auld Hag, The Shoap in Islington, London. McIlvanney, an esteemed academic, is on a world tour to promote his lates…

The Good Father by Liam McIlvanney

What could be worse than your child disappearing? Liam McIlvanney’s The Good Father is an emotionally charged thriller that plunged me into every parent’s worst nightmare, the unexplained disappearance of a child. Set on the picturesque Aryshire coast of Scotland, the story follows Gordon and Sarah Rutherford who live in a house on the beach, in a close-knit seaside community. Their world is shattered when their 7 year old son Rory disappears wi…