Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. A Note on the Text Cairns Craig vii
4. Prologue xxiv
5. 1 Origins 1
6. 2 The Rites of Childhood 12
7. 3 The Ayrshire Scholar 29
8. 4 The Glasgow Student 47
9. 5 The Shack at the Edge of the World 64
10. 6 On the Suspension Bridge 86
11. 7 Midnight Montparnasse 104
12. 8 Song of the South 116
13. 9 Moving Times on the Moon 132
14. 10 The Revolt of ’68 and its Aftermath 148
15. 11 An Eventful Year in the Floating World 160
16. 12 The Light of the Pyrenees 172
17. 13 On the Literary Scene 182
18. 14 The Euramerasian Peregrinations 190
19. 15 Radio Sorbonne Calling 205
20. 16 Reconnection with Scotland 221
21. 17 An Atlantic House 233