Whisky Galore

Name: Whisky Galore
Brand: Birlinn General
SKU: 9781780270920
Price: 15.73 EUR
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English

By (author): Compton Mackenzie Sir Compton Mackenzie

Its 1943 and the war has brought rationing to the Hebridean islands of Great and Little Todday. When food is in short supply, it is bad enough, but when the whisky runs out, it looks like the end of the world.

Morale is at rock bottom. George Campbell needs a wee dram to give him the courage to stand up to is mother and marry Catriona. The priest, the doctor and, of course, the landlord at the inn are all having a very thin time of it. Theres no conversation, no jollity, no fun until a shipwreck off the coast brings a piece of extraordinary good fortune

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Weight: 345g
Dimensions: 135 x 205mm
Publication Date: 17 Sep 2012
Publisher: Birlinn General
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781780270920

About Compton MackenzieSir Compton Mackenzie

Compton Mackenzie was born in West Hartlepool in 1883. He was educated at St Paul's School and Magdalen College Oxford. During the First World War he became a Captain in the Royal Marines becoming Director of the Aegean Intelligence Service. He wrote more than ninety books - novels history and biography essays and criticism children's stories and verse and was also an outstanding broadcaster. He founded and edited until 1961 the magazine the Gramophone and was President of the Siamese Cat Club. He lived for many years on the island of Barra in the Outer Hebrides but later settled in Edinburgh. Compton Mackenzie died in 1972.