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Description edit
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, until the 50,000 bottle cargo of the shipwrecked SS Cabinet Minister brings salvation.
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Characters/People edit
- Paul Waggett: Add a description of this character.
- George Campbell
- Peggy Macroon
- Catriona
- Mr Brown
- Duncan Ban
- Father Macalister
- Minnie
- Hugh Macroon
- Fred
- Joseph Macroon
- Roderick Macrurie
- Norman Macleod
- Drooby
- Mrs Odd
- Dr Maclaren
- Kate Anne
- Biller
- Airchie
- Sammy Maccodrum
- Dhia
- Angus Maccormac
- Sarchant
- Kenny
- Ferguson
- Quiblick
- Hitler
- Father James
- Mackechnie
- John Beaton
- Alec Mackinnon
- Hector
- Macrae
First Sentence edit
From the bridge of the Island Queen, which three times a week made the voyage between Obaig and the outer islands of the Hebrides, Captain Donald MacKennie gazed across a smooth expanse of grey sea to where the rugged outline of Great Todday stood out dark against a mass of deepening cloud in which a dull red gash showed that the sun was getting behind it.
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read. (authoritative list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Compton Mackenzie (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 823.912
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