The Fall of Kelvin Walker

Alasdair Gray

Original title: The fall of Kelvin Walker

first published 1985 Penguin, 1986 141 pages

King Penguin

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. - Bl...

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The Fall of Kelvin Walker paperback · 2021 · Canongate Books · 160 pages · 9781838853853
The Fall of Kelvin Walker ebook · 2021 · Canongate Books · 9781838853860
The Fall of Kelvin Walker paperback · 1991 · Penguin Putnam~trade · 160 pages · 9780140121605
The fall of Kelvin Walker edition · 1987 · Grove Press · 141 pages
The fall of Kelvin Walker edition · 1986 · Penguin · 141 pages
The fall of Kelvin Walker edition · 1986 · G. Braziller · 144 pages
The fall of Kelvin Walker edition · 1985 · Canongate · 144 pages

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