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“Love makes the world go round? Not at all. Whisky makes it go round twice as fast.” The hilarious story of wartime bootlegging in the Scottish highlands, in this classic comic wartime novel.
About the Author
Compton Mackenzie was born in West Hartlepool in 1883. He was educated at St Paul's School and Magdalen College, Oxford. During the First World War he became a Captain in the Royal Marines, becoming Director of the Aegean Intelligence Service. He wrote more than ninety books - novels, history and biography, essays and criticism, children's stories and verse, and was also an outstanding broadcaster. He founded and edited until 1961 the magazine the Gramophone, and was President of the Siamese Cat Club. He lived for many years on the island of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, but later settled in Edinburgh. Compton Mackenzie died in 1972.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Whisky Galore,
By Anne Lynch (Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Whisky Galore (Paperback)
This is one of Compton MacKenzie's greatest works without doubt. The character development is fantastic - the use of a few words of Gaelic reinforces the scene. If at all possible, readers should make every effort to view the movie made many years ago in Britain and even though in b&w it sparkles and leaves one wanting more. The movie was released under two titles Whisky Galore and Tight Little Island.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Whisky Galore,
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This review is from: Whisky Galore (Hardcover)
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this novel. As has been stated in the other reviews, the story is based on a true event that occured during the Second World War. I found MacKenzies development of tension leading up to the wreck to be masterful, but think that the story began to unravel once the ship found itself on the rocks, so to speak, and was being looted. Still, it is a great read, and have recommended the book to others in the past, and do so here as well.
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4.3 out of 5 stars (6 customer reviews) 14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
A delightful book,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Whisky Galore (Hardcover)
This is a novel based on the wreck of the S.S. Politician off the Outer Hebrides during the Second World War. The author lived there at the time and has written an hilarious story. It has good language, good characters, and a good plot.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Delightful,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Whisky Galore (Hardcover)
A delightfully comic yarn by a master story teller, Whisky Galore tracks the effects of a whisky shortage, and then a whisky surplus, on the fictional islands of Great and Little Todday, in the Scottish Hebrides, during World War II. A tale told with a tremendous love for the people and the heritage of the Hebrides. Highly recommended.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
good amusing sea tale of the scottish hebrides,
By mdoyle@computan.computan.on.ca - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Whiskey Galore (Audio Cassette)
This is an outrageous story set in the Scottish Hebrides. Two rival islands suffer a lack of any drink due to the conditions caused by the war (WW2). This unfathomable hardship is providentially relieved by the running aground of a ship laden with (what else?) whiskey. Drinking is not this funny any more, so the light treatment it gets here is refreshing. Ha
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