Magnus Merriman

1934 novel by Eric Linklater

Magnus Merriman

First edition (UK)

Author| Eric Linklater
Country| United Kingdom
Language| English
Genre| Comedy
Publisher| Jonathan Cape (UK)
Farrar and Rinehart (US)

Publication date

| 1934
Media type| Print

Magnus Merriman is a 1934 comedy novel by the British writer Eric Linklater.[1] It portrays the adventures of an aspiring politician who marries and settles down on Orkney. It had a strong autobiographical element as Linklater had himself unsuccessfully stood in the 1933 East Fife by-election for the National Party of Scotland.[2]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Hart pp. 252–253
2. ^ Watson p. 377

## Bibliography[edit]

* Hart, Francis Russell.  The Scottish Novel: From Smollett to Spark. Harvard University Press, 1978.
* Watson, Roderick. The Literature of Scotland. Macmillan International Higher Education, 2016.

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