Chris Kelso's "Burroughs in Scotland" (2020)

Scotland: Beatdom Books (book, biography), 2020.
8.5" x 5.5" x 0.375", 103 pages, softcover, ISBN 978-0-9934099-7-4.

Burroughs in Scotland – Dethroning the Ancients: The Commitment of Exile by Chris Kelso, a slim biography of Burroughs' time in Scotland, as published in softcover by Beatdom Books (Scotland) in 2020. Cover design by Matthew Revert.

This discusses Burroughs at the International Writers Conference in Edinburgh, Scotland (1962), his friendships with Graham Masterton, and his time in Scientology, among other topics.

Contents: 

• Introduction by Graham Rae
• Introduction by Chris Kelso
• "Rise of the Ancients"
• "The Beast of Birkenshaw"
• "International Writers Conference"
• "Rules of the Duel"
  
• "The Edinburgh Org"
• "Ewan Morrison & the Counterculture"
• "Burroughs & Science Fiction"
• "Naked Punch Redux"
• Afterword by Steve Finbow