Whisky Galore

by Compton Mackenzie

Book Overview

It's 1943 and the war has brought rationing to the Hebridean islands of Great and Little Todday. When food is in short supply, it is bad enough, but when the whisky runs out, it looks like the end of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140012206
• ISBN13: 9780140012200
• Release Date: January 1957
• Publisher: Penguin UK
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 0.7" x 5.0"

Customer Reviews

Whisky Galore

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this novel. As has been stated in the other reviews, the story is based on a true event that occured during the Second World War. I found MacKenzies development of tension leading up to the wreck to be masterful, but think that the story began to unravel once the ship found itself on the rocks, so to speak, and was being looted. Still, it is a great read, and have recommended the book to others in the past, and do so here as well.

A delightful book

This is a novel based on the wreck of the S.S. Politician off the Outer Hebrides during the Second World War. The author lived there at the time and has written an hilarious story. It has good language, good characters, and a good plot.

The best story set in Scotland ever

The movie takes place in the Scottish Hebrides. The locals, are deeply affected by the war against who though..lol, but, they manage to survive. Great movie/book whatever. Make a DVD PLEASE.

Delightful

A delightfully comic yarn by a master story teller, Whisky Galore tracks the effects of a whisky shortage, and then a whisky surplus, on the fictional islands of Great and Little Todday, in the Scottish Hebrides, during World War II. A tale told with a tremendous love for the people and the heritage of the Hebrides. Highly recommended.

good amusing sea tale of the scottish hebrides

This is an outrageous story set in the Scottish Hebrides. Two rival islands suffer a lack of any drink due to the conditions caused by the war (WW2). This unfathomable hardship is providentially relieved by the running aground of a ship laden with (what else?) whiskey. Drinking is not this funny any more, so the light treatment it gets here is refreshing. Ha