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Whisky Galore

Compton Mackenzie author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Vintage Publishing

Published:1st Oct '15

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'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 islands.

It's 1943 and the war has brought rationing to the Hebridean islands of Great and Little Todday. There's no conversation, no jolity, no fun - until a shipwreck off the coast brings a piece of extraordinary good fortune...

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 his 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 jolity, no fun - until a shipwreck off the coast brings a piece of extraordinary good fortune...

Charming tale. * TheInquirer.net *

ISBN: 9781784870942

Dimensions: 198mm x 130mm x 19mm

Weight: 214g

304 pages