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Beschreibung
The must-read Scottish classic.

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 the coast brings a piece of extraordinary good fortune ...

First published in 1947 and known to millions from the classic Ealing comedy released in 1949, Whisky Galore is one of the most entertaining novels ever written in English.

This special edition includes an introduction and additional notes by award-winning author and journalist Roger Hutchinson exploring the real events, places and characters which inspired Mackenzie to produce his comic masterpiece.
The must-read Scottish classic.

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 the coast brings a piece of extraordinary good fortune ...

First published in 1947 and known to millions from the classic Ealing comedy released in 1949, Whisky Galore is one of the most entertaining novels ever written in English.

This special edition includes an introduction and additional notes by award-winning author and journalist Roger Hutchinson exploring the real events, places and characters which inspired Mackenzie to produce his comic masterpiece.
Über den Autor
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.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Genre: Importe, Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9781780270920
ISBN-10: 1780270925
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Mackenzie, Compton
Hersteller: Birlinn General
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 205 x 134 x 30 mm
Von/Mit: Compton Mackenzie
Erscheinungsdatum: 17.11.2012
Gewicht: 0,369 kg
Artikel-ID: 106512396