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Whisky Galore
Sir Compton Mackenzie
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Description for Whisky Galore
Hardback. Whisky Galore was made into a glorious film in 1949 and has remained a classic comic novel ever since. This new edition of a much-loved classic published for the first time by Birlinn. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 137 x 27. Weight in Grams: 372. 288 pages. Whisky Galore was made into a glorious film in 1949 and has remained a classic comic novel ever since. This new edition of a much-loved classic published for the first time by Birlinn. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 205 x 137 x 27. Weight: 362.
It’s 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. There’s no conversation, no jollity, no fun – until a shipwreck off ... Read more
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Publisher
Birlinn General
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
328g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780270920
SKU
V9781780270920
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-2
About Sir 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 ... Read more
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