Walter Baxter was a British novelist, best known for writing two controversial novels.
10 Facts About Walter Baxter
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Walter Baxter was prosecuted on obscenity charges after the publication of his second novel, The Image and the Search, but was acquitted after two trials.
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Walter Baxter was educated at St Lawrence College, Ramsgate and Trinity College, Cambridge where he studied law.
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Walter Baxter was articled to a solicitor in London before the war but following his service in the Army he never returned to the law.
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Walter Baxter came back to London after the war and briefly joined his family's business, but in September 1949 he decided to pursue a career in writing.
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Walter Baxter was close to completing his first book when he was presented with an opportunity to volunteer with the Jesuits as a missionary.
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Walter Baxter performed that work for seven months at a jungle mission station in a remote village about 40 miles from Ranchi, India.
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Walter Baxter writes of Sarah, who is very happily married to RAF member Robert.
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Walter Baxter takes many lovers, but none can compare to Robert.
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Walter Baxter released a statement that "my object was a serious portrayal of the vulnerability to evil of any ego-centred personality and the disintegrating effect of sin on such a personality".