Lite is hard for the inhabitants of the remote Hebridean islands of Great and Little Todday. War has brought rationing, but when the whisky runs out too, morale hits rock bottom. So when the ss Cabinet Minister runs aground with a cargo of fifty thousand cases of ‚the water of life‘, the islanders can‘t believe their luck . . .
First published in 1947 and known to millions from the classic Ealing comedy released in 1949, Whisky Galore is one of the most entertaining novels ever written in English. This special edition includes an introduction and additicmal notes by award-winning author and journalist Roger Hutchinson exploring the real events, places and characters which inspired Mackenzie to produce his comic masterpiece.
Autoren: Campton Mackenzie, Roger Hutchinson
Verlag: Birlinn
3. Auflage, 2012 (Erstveröffentlichung 1947, Vereinigtes Königreich)
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