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===Literature=== * In [[Enid Blyton]]'s ''[[Malory Towers]]'' novel series, the main heroine Darrell Rivers plans to attend the University of St Andrews after [[Sixth Form]] with some of her fellow characters.<ref name="Last term at Malory Towers">{{Cite web|title=Last term at Malory Towers|date=23 September 2010|url=http://blytonlyobvious.blogspot.co.uk/2010/09/last-term-at-malory-towers-part-1.html|access-date=17 January 2013|archive-date=15 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615053635/http://blytonlyobvious.blogspot.co.uk/2010/09/last-term-at-malory-towers-part-1.html|url-status=live}}</ref> * St Andrews appeared in [[Samuel Johnson]]'s [[Travel literature|travel narrative]] ''[[A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland]]'' (1775), in which he visited the university.<ref name="Journey to west gutenberg">{{Cite book|title=Journey to west gutenberg|url=http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2064|access-date=29 January 2013|archive-date=2 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502071459/http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2064|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[Bruce Marshall (writer)|Bruce Marshall]]'s romance novel, ''[[Girl in May]]'' (1956), is set in St Andrews.<ref name="Girl in May">{{Cite web|title=Girl in May|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/bruce-marshall-4/girl-in-may/|access-date=17 January 2013|archive-date=26 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826114827/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/bruce-marshall-4/girl-in-may/|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[Adam Nevill]]'s horror novel ''[[Banquet for the Damned]]'' (2004) takes place in St Andrews.<ref name="Banquet for the Damned">{{Cite web|title=Banquet for the Damned|date=29 August 2017|url=https://www.spookyisles.com/banquet-for-the-damned-adam-nevill-review/|access-date=29 August 2017|archive-date=14 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414184432/https://www.spookyisles.com/banquet-for-the-damned-adam-nevill-review/|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[Jay Parini]]'s memoir ''Borges and Me'' (2020) recounts the author's road trip from St Andrews to the Highlands with [[Jorge Luis Borges]].<ref name="Borges and Me">{{Cite news|title=Borges and Me|newspaper=The New York Times|date=18 August 2020|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/18/books/review/jay-parini-borges-and-me.html|access-date=18 August 2020|last1=Greenberg|first1=Michael|archive-date=18 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818091028/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/18/books/review/jay-parini-borges-and-me.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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