| 词条 | John Macnab |
| 释义 |
| name = John Macnab | orig title = | translator = | image = | caption = | author = John Buchan | cover_artist = | country = Scotland | language = English | series = Edward Leithen | genre = Novel | publisher = | release_date = 1925 | media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback) | pages = 208 pp | isbn = 1-85326-296-X | isbn_note = (reissue) | preceded_by = The Power House | followed_by = The Dancing Floor }}John Macnab is a novel by John Buchan, published in 1925.[1][2] Plot summaryThree successful but bored friends in their mid-forties decide to turn to poaching. They are Sir Edward Leithen, lawyer, Conservative Member of Parliament (MP), and ex-Attorney General; John Palliser-Yeates, banker and sportsman; and Charles, Earl of Lamancha, former adventurer and present Conservative Cabinet Minister. Under the collective name of 'John Macnab', they set up in the Highland home of Sir Archie Roylance, a disabled war hero who wishes to be a Conservative MP. They issue a challenge to three of Roylance's neighbours: first the Radens, who are an old-established family, about to die out; next, the Bandicotts: an American archaeologist and his son, who are renting a grand estate for the summer; and lastly the Claybodys, vulgar, bekilted nouveaux riches. These neighbours are forewarned that 'John Macnab' will poach a salmon or a stag from their land and return it to them undetected. The outcome is that the men's boredom is dispelled with the assistance of helpers (including a homeless waif, 'Fish Benjie' and an athletic journalist, Crossby), and Archie Roylance marries Janet Raden, daughter of the grandee. Influence
TV adaptationJohn Prebble adapted the book for a three-part BBC television production in 1976, directed by Donald McWhinnie.[3]Cast :
References1. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article31883719 |title=The Freebooters. |newspaper=The West Australian |location=Perth |date=3 October 1925 |accessdate=13 September 2015 |page=15 |via=National Library of Australia}} 2. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article58230657 |title="JOHN MACNAB.". |newspaper=The Sunday Times |location=Perth |date=22 November 1925 |accessdate=13 September 2015 |page=12 Section: Second Section |via=National Library of Australia}} 3. ^{{cite news|title=John Macnab|author=Banks-Smith, Nancy|work=The Guardian|location=London (UK)|date=15 Apr 1976|page=10}} External links
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