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Biography of Compton Mackenzie, best known as the author of Whiskey Galore and the Monarch of the Glen. However he was also a child prodigy, spy during WW1, a radio broadcaster, founding member of the SNP and a pal of Henry James, Scott Fitzgerald and D H Lawrence. A lot more to him than his Wikkipedia entry!
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The life of Compton Mackenzie, author of "Sinister Street" and "Whiskey Galore". He came from an acting family, became a best-selling writer, a master-spy in Greece, a Roman Catholic convert, a buyer of islands and a Scottish Nationalist. The author's father was a close friend of Mackenzie.
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- PublisherChatto & Windus
- Publication date1987
- ISBN 10 0701125837
- ISBN 13 9780701125837
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- Number of pages336
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