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Three eminent Scottish gentlemen who find themselves bored with their surroundings are challenged to track down the person--or people--known as John Macnab and responsible for poaching deer and salmon.

In 1925, John Buchan published his second most famous novel, John Macnab; three high-flying men - a barrister, a cabinet minister and a banker - are suffering from boredom. They concoct a plan to cure it. They inform three Scottish estates that they will poach from each two stags... Read Full Overview

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A stag's antlers gleam in the Highland mist, yet the true quarry is not the beast, but the very code of honour that binds men together-and sets them at odds. In the wild heart of 1920s Scotland, three restless, middle-aged protagonists-each wearied by the trappings of success-forge... Read Full Overview

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John Macnabby John BuchanThree 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... Read Full Overview

John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, GCMG, GCVO, CH, PC, was a Scottish novelist, best known for his novel The Thirty-Nine Steps, and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada.