▁enjoyed ▁another ▁major ▁rev ival , ▁with ▁figures ▁including ▁Al as da ir ▁Gray , ▁James ▁Kel man , ▁Ir v ine ▁Wel sh , ▁Alan ▁Warner , ▁Jan ice ▁Gall ow ay , ▁A . ▁L . ▁Kennedy , ▁I ain ▁B anks , ▁Cand ia ▁Mc Will iam , ▁Frank ▁K upp ner ▁and ▁Andrew ▁O ' H agan . ▁In ▁genre ▁fiction ▁I ain ▁B anks , ▁writing ▁as ▁I ain ▁M . ▁B anks , ▁produced ▁ground - bre aking ▁science ▁fiction ▁and ▁Scottish ▁crime ▁fiction ▁has ▁been ▁a ▁major ▁area ▁of ▁growth ▁with ▁the ▁success ▁of ▁novel ists ▁including ▁Freder ic ▁L inds ay , ▁Quint in ▁J ard ine , ▁Val ▁Mc D erm id , ▁Den ise ▁M ina , ▁Christopher ▁Brook my re , ▁and ▁particularly ▁Ian ▁Rank in ▁and ▁his ▁Ins pect or ▁Reb us ▁nov els . ▁ ▁E igh teenth ▁century ▁ ▁The ▁novel ▁in ▁its ▁modern ▁form ▁developed ▁rapidly ▁in ▁the ▁eigh teenth ▁century ▁and ▁was ▁soon ▁a ▁major ▁element ▁of ▁Scottish ▁literary ▁and ▁critical ▁life . ▁There ▁was ▁a ▁demand ▁in ▁Scotland ▁for ▁the ▁new est ▁nov els ▁including ▁Robinson ▁Cr us oe ▁( 1 7 1 9 ), ▁Pam ela ▁( 1 7 4 0 ), ▁Tom ▁Jones ▁( 1 7 4 9 ) ▁and ▁E vel ina ▁( 1 7 8 8 ). ▁There ▁were ▁week ly ▁reviews ▁of ▁nov els ▁in ▁period ical s , ▁the ▁most ▁important ▁of ▁which ▁were ▁The ▁Month ly ▁Review ▁and ▁The