Title: The fall of Kelvin Walker
Subtitle: a fable of the sixties
First published: 1985
Description: The Reverend Mr Kelvin Walker, the Queen's chaplain in Scotland,has made no secret of his visit to London as a young atheist in 'the swinging sixties', or the doings which led to his conversion there. Even so, this detailed account of the scandal by Alasdair Gray caused the real Reverend Mr Walker real pain when it was first published in 1985, and roused more antagonism in the Scottish press than any other book. - Blurb of The Fall of Kelvin Walker by Alasdair Gray
Subjects: Nineteen sixties, Fiction, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, general, historical fiction, literature, religion, scotland, 1960's, london, ministers, scandal, fraud, television, news, English literature
Places: London, Glaik, Glasgow
People: Kelvin Walker, Alasdair Gray
Time periods: 1960's