Magnus Merriman
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Author | Eric Linklater |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre | Comedy |
Publisher | Jonathan Cape (UK) Farrar and Rinehart (US) |
Publication date | 1934 |
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Magnus Merriman is a 1934 comedy novel by the British writer Eric Linklater.[1] It portrays the adventures of an aspiring politician who marries and settles down on Orkney. It had a strong autobiographical element as Linklater had himself unsuccessfully stood in the 1933 East Fife by-election for the National Party of Scotland.[2]
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Bibliography[]
- Hart, Francis Russell. The Scottish Novel: From Smollett to Spark. Harvard University Press, 1978.
- Watson, Roderick. The Literature of Scotland. Macmillan International Higher Education, 2016.
Categories:
- 1934 British novels
- Novels by Eric Linklater
- Novels set in Scotland
- Novels set in London
- British comedy novels
- Jonathan Cape books
- 1930s novel stubs