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Walter Baxter was born on 17 May, 1915 in London, England, is an English writer. Discover Walter Baxter's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 79 years old?

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Occupation Novelist
Age 79 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 17 May 1915
Birthday 17 May
Birthplace London, England
Date of death 25 July, 1994
Died Place Marlborough, England
Nationality London, England

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1915

Walter Baxter (17 May 1915 – 25 July 1994) was an English novelist, best known for writing two controversial novels.

His first novel, Look Down in Mercy, received very positive reviews.

He was prosecuted on obscenity charges after the publication of his second novel, The Image and the Search, but was acquitted after two trials.

He was also a successful restaurateur.

Baxter was born in London and raised in Kent.

He was educated at St. Lawrence College, Ramsgate and Trinity College, Cambridge where he studied law.

He was articled to a solicitor in London before the war but following his service in the Army he never returned to the law.

Baxter served in the British Army during the Second World War, as a company commander.

The company fought in Burma, retreating to India.

Later, he was aide-de-camp to Lieutenant General William Slim of the Fourteenth Army.

1949

He 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.

A few months later he became a Catholic.

He was close to completing his first book when he was presented with an opportunity to volunteer with the Jesuits as a missionary.

He performed that work for seven months at a jungle mission station in a remote village about 40 mi from Ranchi, India.

1951

Baxter's first novel, Look Down in Mercy, published in 1951, drew on his military experience.

Set in Burma and other Far East locations during World War II, it centres on the homosexual relationship between an officer, Tony Kent, and his batman Anson.

Although Kent, a British officer stationed in Burma, loves his wife back in England, he seduces a Eurasian nurse.

After the brief affair, he feels guilty and hates both the girl and himself.

Later, during an especially stressful period, he spends a night with Anson and loses self-respect because of the homosexual act.

The officer and the batman are captured after a Japanese attack.

Kent initially divulges nothing more than his name, rank and serial number, but after being shown how his fellow soldiers had been tortured, and he is threatened with the same, he reveals to his Japanese interrogator all of the information he knows.

After an air raid, Anson is able to escape, also saving Kent.

Their relationship resumes, and Kent kills a soldier who has figured this out and tried to blackmail him.

After the company has arrived in India, Kent attempts suicide by defenestration.

The conclusion of the novel differs between the American and UK editions.

The UK edition ends with the following passage, which gives the book its title:

"As his body began to plunge towards the drive he held his arms in a grotesque attitude as though to break his fall and he cried out; but not for mercy."

However, the American edition features a happier ending, in which it is made clear that Kent survives and resolves to pursue a life with Anson.

The American edition also featured more physical intimacy between Kent and Anson, including kissing.

Look Down in Mercy was hailed as "an uncommonly good first novel" by Time magazine, and has been deemed "a pioneering study of gay relationships in a hostile and indifferent world".

1953

His second novel, The Image and the Search, was published in October 1953.

Baxter writes of Sarah, who is very happily married to RAF member Robert.

Robert is the ideal "image" alluded to in the book's title.

After Robert is killed in the war, Sarah embarks on a search for love to match that which she shared with Robert.

She takes many lovers, but none can compare to Robert.

While in India on business, she encounters Johan, who, although dark, bears a resemblance to Robert.

Sarah tries to seduce Johan, but she does not succeed.

Her quest for love has been futile.

The novel was praised by E. M. Forster as "a serious and beautiful book".

1956

A 1956 scholarly journal article, "The Most Neglected Books of the Past Twenty-Five Years", cited the novel as "very remarkable ... even as truly great", but claimed that most American critics had not acknowledged this.