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This hilarious novel charts the rise and fall (and perhaps the rise again) of Magnus Merriman - would-be lover, writer, politician, idealist and crofter-moved by dreams of greatness and a talent for farcical defeat. Convinced that 'small nations are safer to live in than big ones', Magnus becomes a Nationalist candidate for the parliamentary seat of 'Kinluce'. With details based on Linklater's own experiences in an East Fife by-election in 1933, the way is set for a satirical and irreverent portrait of Scottish life, literature and politics in the 1930s. Nothing is sacred and no-one is spared.

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Book category Books in English Fiction & related items Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

• Full title: Magnus Merriman
• Author: Eric Linklater
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320
• EAN: 9780862413132
• ISBN: 0862413133
• ID: 04745658
• Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd
• Weight: 226 g
• Dimensions: 198 × 130 × 20 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. January 2001

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