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John MacNab: Authorised Edition
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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John MacNab: Authorised Edition
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) John Buchan
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:240 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 196,Width 130 |
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| Category/Genre | Modern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781846970283
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| Classifications | Dewey:823.912 |
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| Edition |
Authorised Edition
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Birlinn General
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| Imprint |
Birlinn Ltd
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| Publication Date |
17 July 2007 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
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 McNab' 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.
Author Biography
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.
Reviews'Perhaps [Buchan's] peculiarly Scottish combination of Romanticism and Calvinism - daring living and high thinking - is due to return to fashion' * The Independent Magazine *
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