Whisky Galore (Penguin Essentials)

Compton Mackenzie

ISBN 10: 0140012206 / ISBN 13: 9780140012200

Published by Penguin, 1973

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Synopsis:

“Love makes the world go round? Not at all. Whisky makes it go round twice as fast.” The hilarious story of wartime bootlegging in the Scottish highlands, in this classic comic wartime novel.

About the Author: 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 90 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.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Whisky Galore (Penguin Essentials)
Publisher: Penguin
Publication Date: 1973
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good