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Stuart Kelly: Scott-land – The Man Who Invented A Nation (Polygon, £16.99)

Paradoxes are at the heart of Sir Walter Scott’s life and work.

Sir Walter Scott was obsessed by Scotland’s past, and he re-invented it for his own creative purposes. The problematic residue of his gargantuan literary effort is still with us.