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Can a self-confessed murderer become a priest What would the church - or the bible - say about that And what if his crime was a most unusual crime indeed...

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Stuart Kelly's biography of Sir Walter Scott defies classification in terms of genre. Rather than a literary biography, or critical study, it is a personal examination of the sometimes overwhelming affect Scott has had on Scottish identity at large, and on how his legacy affects the very act of writing in Scotland.