Letter: John Buchan revival
And although Buchan has also been accused of sexism, the most cursory view of his heroines demonstrates totally the opposite: characters such as Mary Hannay and Barbara Clanroyden are feisty and capable, fighting alongside their men.
Equally in books like Huntingtower he is incredibly funny about working-class characters such as Glasgow grocer hero Dickson McCunn and the band of the "Gorbals Diehards" - kids who might nowadays be called "Neds" - but never disrespects them.
A Buchan renaissance in Scotland is long overdue.
DR MARY BROWN
Aberdeen Business School
Robert Gordon University