The Fall of Kelvin Walker (Canons)

Review\nA necessary genius -- ALI SMITH\nOne of the most gifted writers to have put pen to paper in the English language -- IRVINE WELSH\nThe best Scottish novelist since Sir Walter Scott -- ANTHONY BURGESS\nOne of the brightest intellectual and creative lights Scotland has known in modern times -- NICOLA STURGEON\nGray is a true original, a twentieth century William Blake ― Observer\nGray transformed our expectations of what Scottish literature could be -- VAL McDERMID\nBawdy and exuberant ― Guardian\nA parable, a romp and, as I found, a one-compulsive-sitting read -- MELVYN BRAGG\nIt is the Swinging Sixties and Kelvin Walker has moved from Scotland to London to make his fortune. Through his wanton ambition, a megalomania surfaces that is unrelieved by his insensitive attempts at friendship and romance. Yet is he all bad, or are the true villains the establishment figures who he tricks and deceives? And, ultimately, does it matter?\nGray's twist on the follies of religion, the media and the imperial British centre is as relevant now as ever.