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Divided Loyalties, Changing Landscapes: William McIlvanney’s Laidlaw Novels (2013)
Journal Article
Peacock. (2013). Divided Loyalties, Changing Landscapes: William McIlvanney’s Laidlaw Novels. English, 69 - 86 (17). https://doi.org/10.1093/english/eft001

This article looks at the three William McIlvanney novels featuring detective Jack Laidlaw – Laidlaw (1977), The Papers of Tony Veitch (1983), and Strange Loyalties (1991). It examines the shift from third-person narration in the first two books to f... Read More about Divided Loyalties, Changing Landscapes: William McIlvanney’s Laidlaw Novels.

Risk, Disappointment and Distraction in Keith Gessen’s All the Sad Young Literary Men
Journal Article
Peacock. (in press). Risk, Disappointment and Distraction in Keith Gessen’s All the Sad Young Literary Men. European Journal of American Studies, https://doi.org/10.4000/ejas.10252

Keith Gessen’s debut novel is not a “post-9/11” text in the manner of Falling Man or Terrorist. It is not concerned, explicitly, with the aftermath of the attacks. Like many “post-9/11” texts, however, it asks questions about the ability of twenty-fi... Read More about Risk, Disappointment and Distraction in Keith Gessen’s All the Sad Young Literary Men.