“And I started writing what became ‘A Man Named Doll,’ because the premise of that book is a friend of his, through excessive smoking over ... of the classic noir detectives.

detectives, and murder—so much so that it has inspired its own literary genre, Tartan Noir. From the cliffs of the Shetlands to the back streets of Glasgow, if you’re searching for some gritty ...

“And I started writing what became ‘A Man Named Doll,’ because the premise of that book is a friend of his, through excessive smoking over decades ... from the stoic template of the classic noir ...