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Remedy is None is the debut novel by the Scottish writer William McIlvanney, first published in 1966, and republished in 2014. [1]
The novel won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize in 1967. [2]
Remedy is None is the debut novel by the Scottish writer William McIlvanney, first published in 1966, and republished in 2014. [1]
The novel won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize in 1967. [2]
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