John Macnab
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| Author | John Buchan |
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| Country | Scotland |
| Language | English |
| Series | Edward Leithen |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | |
| Released | 1925 |
| Media Type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 208 pp |
| ISBN | NA & reissue ISBN 185326296X |
| Preceded by | The Power House |
| Followed by | The Dancing Floor |
John Macnab is a novel by John Buchan, published in 1925.
[edit] Plot summary
Three successful but bored friends in their mid-forties decide to turn to poaching. They are Sir Edward Leithen, lawyer, Tory MP, and ex-Attorney General; John Palliser-Yeates, banker and sportsman; and Lord Charles Lamancha, former adventurer and present Tory Cabinet Minister. Under the collective name of ‘John Macnab’, they set up in the Highland home of Sir Archie Roylance, a disabled war hero who wishes to be a Conservative MP.
They issue a challenge to three of Roylance’s neighbours: first the Radens, who are an old-established family, about to die out; next, the Claybodys, vulgar, bekilted nouveaux riches; and lastly the Bandicotts: an American archaeologist and his son, who are renting a grand estate for the summer. The neighbours are forewarned that ‘John Macnab’ will steal a salmon, a stag, or the like, from their land. The outcome is that the men's boredom is dispelled with the assistance of helpers, including homeless waif, ‘Fish Benjie’ and an athletic journalist, Crossby), and Archie Roylance marries Janet Raden, daughter of the grandee.
The Return of John MacNab was written by Andrew Greig as a 1990s retelling of the story.
[edit] External links
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John Buchan's Sir Edward Leithen novels |
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The Power House | John Macnab | The Dancing Floor | Sick Heart River |
| By Andrew Greig |
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| The Return of John MacNab |
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