- Paperback: 752 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd (26 May 1983)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140065415
- ISBN-13: 978-0140065411
- Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 13 x 4.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 541,270 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This work contains three stories, "The Monarch of the Glen", "Whisky Galore" and "The Rival Monster". The National Union of Hikers disturb the grouse on the Glorious Twelfth, the SS Cabinet Minister strikes a reef off the Outer Hebrides and a flying saucer descends on the shores of Loch Ness.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Thoroughly enjoyable. Entertaining, witty, a little dated and all the more endearing for it. A perfect read on a cold and rainy day, or in between tedious/stressful business meetings.
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The Scottish Henry James
30 Sep 2010
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"Henry James chewed more than he bit off."
That's the review of my husband for the English writer's books -- and mine for MacKenzie's.
I bought this collection for my husband, who has wanted it for years, ever since seeing the Ealing stuidos movie "Whisky Galore" when he was a kid. We recently bought an Ealing collection and also watched all of the BBC series "Monarch of the Glen." MacKenzie can be hard reading; there is constant repetition of the same scenes, through letters, conversations and points of view. It's like Roshomon in kilts. Note: this version includes Gaelic translations and pronunciation guides; you'll discover what the old Irish music-hall character really meant when she moaned, "Oh worra worra." Warning: it's spelled nothing like.
"Monarch of the Glen": The TV series is a modernized version of the three novels, and manages to mention almost everyone in it, in new or tweaked roles. It's film-geek fun to read all three novels and then watch for the disguised characters and situations to show up in the show. Duncan, for example, is a composite of the old Laird's gillie's name, a character only mentioned once as "a kilted gillie," and -- in the third novel -- a Scottish radio host.
"Whisky Galore": Whatever did Paul Waggert do to MacKenzie? He takes a sledge to the man every chance he gets. The movie version is funnier, but only because the one thing MacKenzie really needed was an editor.
"The Rival Monsters:" As a journalist for small rural and county papers, I found myself giggling ruefully over MacKenzie's back-and-forth betweeen editors, writers, and the kind of people who write letters to the editor. He's nailed what happens in a small community when the rumor and sensation mill starts. The snit the islanders get into over the filming of "Whisky Galore" is a weirdly satisfying break in the fourth wall.
That's the review of my husband for the English writer's books -- and mine for MacKenzie's.
I bought this collection for my husband, who has wanted it for years, ever since seeing the Ealing stuidos movie "Whisky Galore" when he was a kid. We recently bought an Ealing collection and also watched all of the BBC series "Monarch of the Glen." MacKenzie can be hard reading; there is constant repetition of the same scenes, through letters, conversations and points of view. It's like Roshomon in kilts. Note: this version includes Gaelic translations and pronunciation guides; you'll discover what the old Irish music-hall character really meant when she moaned, "Oh worra worra." Warning: it's spelled nothing like.
"Monarch of the Glen": The TV series is a modernized version of the three novels, and manages to mention almost everyone in it, in new or tweaked roles. It's film-geek fun to read all three novels and then watch for the disguised characters and situations to show up in the show. Duncan, for example, is a composite of the old Laird's gillie's name, a character only mentioned once as "a kilted gillie," and -- in the third novel -- a Scottish radio host.
"Whisky Galore": Whatever did Paul Waggert do to MacKenzie? He takes a sledge to the man every chance he gets. The movie version is funnier, but only because the one thing MacKenzie really needed was an editor.
"The Rival Monsters:" As a journalist for small rural and county papers, I found myself giggling ruefully over MacKenzie's back-and-forth betweeen editors, writers, and the kind of people who write letters to the editor. He's nailed what happens in a small community when the rumor and sensation mill starts. The snit the islanders get into over the filming of "Whisky Galore" is a weirdly satisfying break in the fourth wall.
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