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| Author | Compton Mackenzie |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Publisher | Chatto and Windus |
Publication date | 1954 |
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Ben Nevis Goes East is a 1954 comedy novel by the British writer Compton Mackenzie. [1] It features characters introduced in Mackenzie's The Monarch of the Glen . Donald MacDonald of Ben Nevis and his friend Kilwhillie head to British India in order to save his nephew from what is considered a disastrous marriage to a divorced woman.
Sir Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie, was an English-born Scottish writer of fiction, biography, histories and a memoir, as well as a cultural commentator, raconteur and lifelong Scottish nationalist. He was one of the co-founders in 1928 of the National Party of Scotland along with Hugh MacDiarmid, RB Cunninghame Graham and John MacCormick. He was knighted in 1952.
Poor Relations is a 1919 comedy novel by the British writer Compton Mackenzie. In contrast to the grimmer Sylvia and Michael published the same year, the story was a light-hearted comedy about the ups-and-downs of playwright.
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Paper Lives is a 1966 comedy novel by the British writer Compton Mackenzie. A satire on the Civil Service, it is a sequel to his 1941 novel The Red Tapeworm.
The Rival Monster is a 1952 comedy novel by the British writer Compton Mackenzie. It includes characters from two earlier hit novels by Mackenzie Whisky Galore and The Monarch of the Glen.
Thin Ice is a 1956 novel by the British writer Compton Mackenzie. It tells the career of a homosexual politician seen through the eyes of his lifelong, heterosexual friend.
Mezzotint is a 1961 comedy novel by the British writer Compton Mackenzie.
The Lunatic Republic is a 1959 comedy novel by the British writer Compton Mackenzie. It parodies the ongoing space race.
Hunting the Fairies is a 1949 comedy novel by the British writer Compton Mackenzie. It features some of the characters who had previously appeared in The Monarch of the Glen.
The Darkening Green is a 1934 novel by the British writer Compton Mackenzie.
Our Street is a 1931 historical novel by the British writer Compton Mackenzie.
The Vanity Girl is a 1920 novel by the British writer Compton Mackenzie.
Buttercups and Daisies is a 1931 comedy novel by the British writer Compton Mackenzie.
Figure of Eight is a 1936, novel by the British writer Compton Mackenzie.
Rogues and Vagabonds is a 1927 historical novel by the British writer Compton Mackenzie. It is set in the Victorian era.
Rich Relatives is a 1921 comedy novel by the British writer Compton Mackenzie.
Coral is a 1925 novel by the British writer Compton Mackenzie. It is a sequel to his 1912 work Carnival.
Fairy Gold is a 1926 novel by the British writer Compton Mackenzie. A Cornish knight living on an island, who has lost his son during the First World War, resents a young English soldier stationed nearby.
Vestal Fire is a 1927 comedy novel by the British writer Compton Mackenzie. It was inspired by the time Mackenzie had spent living in Capri before the First World War.
April Fools is a 1930 comedy novel by the British writer Compton Mackenzie. It is the sequel to his 1919 work Poor Relations.
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