John MacNab: Authorised Edition [Paperback]

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.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. This novel is a light interlude within the Leithen Stories series  an evocative look at the hunting, shooting and fishing lifestyle in Highland Scotland.Perhaps [Buchan's] peculiarly Scottish combination of Romanticism and Calvinism - daring living and high thinking - is due to return to fashion.Perhaps [Buchan's] peculiarly Scottish combination of Romanticism and Calvinism - daring living and high thinking - is due to return to fashion'GB