ots ▁dialect s ▁with ▁the ▁narr ative ▁voice . ▁Other ▁works ▁that ▁investig ated ▁the ▁working ▁class ▁included ▁James ▁Bar ke ' s ▁( 1 9 0 5 – 5 8 ), ▁Major ▁Operation ▁( 1 9 3 6 ) ▁and ▁The ▁Land ▁of ▁the ▁Le al ▁( 1 9 3 9 ) ▁and ▁J . ▁F . ▁Hend ry ' s ▁( 1 9 1 2 – 8 6 ) ▁Fern ie ▁Bra e ▁( 1 9 4 7 ). ▁ ▁Late ▁tw enti eth ▁century ▁to ▁the ▁present ▁World ▁War ▁II ▁had ▁a ▁greater ▁impact ▁on ▁the ▁novel ▁than ▁in ▁poetry . ▁It ▁ended ▁the ▁care ers ▁of ▁some ▁novel ists ▁and ▁delayed ▁the ▁start ▁of ▁others . ▁Many ▁major ▁Scottish ▁post - war ▁novel ists , ▁such ▁as ▁Robin ▁Jenkins ▁( 1 9 1 2 – 2 0 0 5 ), ▁Jess ie ▁K ess on ▁( 1 9 1 6 – 9 4 ), ▁Mur iel ▁Spark ▁( 1 9 1 8 – 2 0 0 6 ), ▁Alexander ▁Tro c chi ▁( 1 9 2 5 – 8 4 ) ▁and ▁James ▁Ken na way ▁( 1 9 2 8 – 6 8 ) ▁spent ▁much ▁or ▁most ▁of ▁their ▁lives ▁outside ▁Scotland , ▁but ▁often ▁de alt ▁with ▁Scottish ▁them es . ▁Jenkins ▁major ▁nov els ▁such ▁as ▁The ▁C one ▁G ather ers ▁( 1 9 5 5 ), ▁The ▁Ch angel ing ▁( 1 9 5 8 ) ▁and ▁Fer g us ▁Lam ont ▁(