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.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 240
Imprint: Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limit
Publication date: 17/07/2007
