{"product_id":"the-fall-of-kelvin-walker-paperback","title":"The Fall of Kelvin Walker - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlasdair Gray\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt 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? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGray's twist on the follies of religion, the media and the imperial British centre is as relevant now as ever.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in 1934, \u003cb\u003eAlasdair Gray\u003c\/b\u003e graduated in design and mural painting from the Glasgow School of Art. Since 1981, when \u003ci\u003eLanark\u003c\/i\u003e was published by Canongate, he authored, designed and illustrated seven novels, several books of short stories, a collection of his stage, radio and TV plays and a book of his visual art, \u003ci\u003eA Life in Pictures.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eIn November 2019, he received a Lifetime Achievement award from the Saltire Society.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eHe died in December 2019, aged eighty-five.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.6 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 06, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768434688288,"sku":"9781838853853","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/440aeb0f9d78a71eb3bc8946919cd0ab.webp?v=1780329627","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-fall-of-kelvin-walker-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}