Häftad, Engelska, 2007
John MacNab
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Av John Buchan
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In 1925, John Buchan published his second most famous novel, John Macnab.Three high-flying men – a barrister, a cabinet minister and a banker – are suffering from boredom. They concoct a plan to cure it. They inform three Scottish estates that they will poach from each two stags and a salmon in a given time. They sign collectively as ‘John Macnab’ and await the responses. This novel is a light interlude within the Leithen Stories series – an evocative look at the hunting, shooting and fishing lifestyle in Highland Scotland.With an introduction by Andrew Greig.This edition is authorised by the John Buchan Society.
Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum: 2007-07-17
- Mått: 130 x 196 x 20 mm
- Vikt: 228 g
- Format: Häftad
- Språk: Engelska
- Antal sidor: 240
- Förlag: Birlinn General
- ISBN: 9781846970283
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John Buchan was a Scottish diplomat, barrister, journalist, historian, poet and novelist, born in Perth in 1875. He published nearly 30 novels and seven collections of short stories. After spells as a war correspondent, Lloyd George’s Director of Information and Conservative MP, Buchan moved to Canada in 1935. He served as Governor General there until his death in 1940.
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'Perhaps [Buchan's] peculiarly Scottish combination of Romanticism and Calvinism - daring living and high thinking - is due to return to fashion'
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