'In a smart, refreshingly uncynical book, Kelly examines Scott, Scotland and himself in an intelligent, lively analysis of a great small country' IAN FINLAYSON, THE TIMES 'A lovely piece of work - the best book on Scott, indeed, since Edwin Muir's Scott and Scotland' ANDREW O'HAGAN 'Kelly engagingly assesses Scott's various works and insightfully sets Scott in his context' THE INDEPENDENT
Stuart Kelly was raised in the Scottish Borders and studied English at Balliol College Oxford, gaining a first class degree and a Master of Studies. He was the Literary Editor of Scotland on Sunday and is now a freelance critic and writer.
'In a smart, refreshingly uncynical book, Kelly examines Scott,
Scotland and himself in an intelligent, lively analysis of a great
small country'
*The Times*
'A lovely piece of work - the best book on Scott, indeed,
since Edwin Muir's Scott and Scotland'
*Andrew O'Hagan*
'Kelly engagingly assesses Scott's various works and insightfully
sets Scott in his context'
*Independent*
‘Part biography, part literary criticism, part exploration of
Scottish identity. It is also part journey of self-discovery’
*The Economist*
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