John MacNab

Authorised Edition

John Buchan

• Publisher: Birlinn
• Year: 2011
• eBook ISBN:
  9780857901132
• Print ISBN:
  9781846970283
• Subtopic: Classici

In 1925, John Buchan published his second most famous novel, John Macnab.

Three high-flying men – a barrister, a cabinet minister and a banker – are suffering from boredom. They concoct a plan to cure it. They inform three Scottish estates that they will poach from each two stags and a salmon in a given time. They sign collectively as 'John Macnab' and await the responses. This novel is a light interlude within the Leithen Stories series – an evocative look at the hunting, shooting and fishing lifestyle in Highland Scotland.

With an introduction by Andrew Greig.

This edition is authorised by the John Buchan Society.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• About Author
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Introduction
• Dedication
• Contents
• Map
• 1. In which Three Gentlemen Confess their Ennui
• 2. Desperate Characters in Council
• 3. Reconnaissance
• 4. Fish Benjie
• 5. The Assault on Glenraden
• 6. The Return of Harald Blacktooth
• 7. The Old Etonian Tramp
• 8. Sir Archie is Instructed in the Conduct of Life
• 9. Sir Archie Instructs his Countrymen
• 10. In which Crime is Added to Crime
• 11. Haripol – the Main Attack
• 12. Haripol – Transport
• 13. Haripol – Auxiliary Troops
• 14. Haripol – Wounded and Missing
• 15. Haripol – the Armistice
• Epilogue
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