James Kennaway was a Scottish writer. He was born in Auchterarder in Perthshire and attended Glenalmond College. His best known novel was his first, Tunes of Glory (1956), which was turned into a well known film starring Alec Guinness and John Mills. It was a realistic work, set in the army just after the Second World War, and drawing to some extent on Kennaway's own experiences. This was not entirely typical of his later output, some of which was more experimental in nature.

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