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Whisky Galore

Compton Mackenzie author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Birlinn General

Published:17th Sep '12

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Whisky Galore cover

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 …

ISBN: 9781780270920

Dimensions: 205mm x 135mm x 25mm

Weight: 345g

288 pages