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Whisky Galore (Essential Penguin) (Paperback)

by Sir Compton Mackenzie (Author)
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  • Paperback: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New edition edition (25 Feb 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0140282718
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140282719
  • Product Dimensions: 18 x 11 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 334,147 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Wartime food rationing is bad enough, but when the whisky supplies run out on the Hebridean Islands of Great and Little Todday, nothing seems to go right. Then the 50,000 cargo of the shipwrecked S.S. "Cabinet Minister" brings salvation - in its most giddily intoxicating form.

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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 islands --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Happy knock around and love for the water of life, 6 Feb 2003
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The wrecking of a ship carrying hundreds of bottles of whisky on a remote Scottish island is the main plot idea for WG. This event, however, never overshadows the human element of the story that is Mackenzie�s gift for bringing people to life in a humorous and realistic way. The whisky in this novel has much the same effect of the chocolate in Harris�s Chocolat for bringing a community together but is far more a successful and believable attempt.
WG charts war time bleakness, social relations and a love for whisky. It is Mackenzie�s concentration on people�s relationship with whisky that makes this novel truly unique. Mackenzie�s wit lightens proceedings and keeps you turning pages. Despite this, though, I could never find myself really connecting to the characters portrayed in WG- perhaps this would be more a book for the middle-aged and older reader who would have more sympathy for the individuals that populate the novel. Having said that WG is a sparky, sometimes rowdy, knock about of a novel that still has time to have its say on issues of deprivation and social interaction.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous and funny - a classic, 26 Sep 2005
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This review is from: Whisky Galore (Vintage Classics) (Paperback)
This is one of my favourite books ever written.
It was made into a black and white film many years ago and is based on the true story of a cargo ship full of whisky running aground off the coast of a Scottish island during the war, when whisky was impossible to get hold of. You can guess the rest! The Scottish characters are excellently observed and you can almost smell the heather as the escapades of the islanders are brought to life on the page. Whimsical, warm and funny, this is a real feel-good book that can be read again and again. A true classic.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Scotlands water of life with WW2 romance equals real humour, 1 Mar 2001
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This is a an interplay between the hard dry times of two Scottish Islands when they run out of the "water of life", the glory of finding an unlimited source of it and the hardships facing a WW2 romance.The friendly humour brings me back time and time again -I've a copy printed in 1951 and it's just as a good read now as then. One of the most "five star" books ever written.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Not as funny as I thought, but has a good plot
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