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28 apr 2024 · Author of Whisky galore, Sinister street, The Altar Steps, The passionate elopement, Sylvia & Michael, Water on the Brain, Rich relatives, The Monarch of the Glen.
3 giorni fa · Fonte: Metropolis di Marco Milano Ad Anacapri casa Mackenzie a Cetrella aperta al pubblico tutta l’estate. La dimora isolana di Compton Mackenzie, lo scrittore scozzese che pur essendo di origini inglesi è stato sempre sostenitore dell’indipendenza della Scozia, come lo scorso anno, tutte le settimane fino a tutto il mese di settembre continua ad essere […]
3 giorni fa · It’s difficult to think of a more typical post-war Scottish novel than the one adapted for David Mackenzie’s Young Adam. Author Alexander Trocchi’s novel ruminates on the fractured relationships and damaged psyche found in a 1950s Scotland, creating a distorted world that offers no prospects or social mobility, just marital strife and vile abuse.
4 giorni fa · Next we have the author Compton Mackenzie (1883-1972), recalling a letter he received in 1946 from Wodehouse, still detained in Paris following his release by the Germans.
8 mag 2024 · Sir Compton Mackenzie noted: 'It was not until April 1902 that the Palace was ready for the residence of the King and Queen and even now we may reflect with awe on the perfume of that first cigar lighted in what had been Queen Victoria's private apartments'.
Book Review - Sinister Street by Compton Mackenzie - perfect for those who think that youth is better than age dread turning 30 or 40 or 50.
14 mag 2024 · Hitherto, publishers and writers had been haunted by the hounding of Sir Compton Mackenzie, who in 1932 had been forced to plea-bargain or face imprisonment for an alleged breach of the Act for his memoir of Great War service with Military Intelligence, Greek Memories.
