The Return of John MacNab
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| Author | Andrew Greig |
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| Country | Scotland |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
| Released | 1996 |
| Media Type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 280 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0571212581 |
The Return of John MacNab was the second novel by Scottish writer Andrew Greig.
[edit] Plot summary
Andrew Greig has rewritten John Macnab by John Buchan for the late 20th century. The novel was shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists' Association Award.
The plot follows the original closely. In John Macnab (1925), three bored successful friends in their mid-forties turn to poaching, under the collective name ‘John Macnab’, set up in the Highland home of a war hero and prospective Conservative MP.
In The Return of John MacNab three rather downcast friends (a copywriter whose wife has died suddenly on a plane flight; an ex-Special Forces soldier with a marital crisis; and a jaundiced left-wing joiner) decide to revive Buchan’s novel. They target an estate owned by a Moroccan, another rented by a Dutch corporation, and the third, Balmoral. The modern-day MacNabs are hijacked by Kirsty Fowler, a hard-living reporter and singer with a murky past.
[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 |
| Andrew Greig novels |
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| Electric Brae: A Modern Romance • The Return of John MacNab • When They Lay Bare • That Summer • In Another Light |
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