Buchan John - The Runagates Club - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Twelve stories comprise John Buchan's last collection of short stories a classic of British interwar short fiction written from 1913 to 1927. Buchan's most popular character Richard Hannay battles an ancient curse in South Africa in ` The Green Wildebeest and Edward Leithen tags along in an assassins war in ` Sing a Song of Sixpence'. The Runagates Club features First World War spy and code - cracking thrillers ` The Loathly Opposite and ` Dr Lartius'; tales of supernatural possession in deepest Wales comfortable Oxfordshire and the House of Commons in ` The Wind in the Portico' Fullcircle and `" Tendebant Manus"'; and stories of survival in the far North and in Depression - era Canada with ` Skule Skerry and ` Ship to Tarshish'. There is farce too in ` The Frying - Pan and the Fire and `" Divus" Johnston' and the riotous journalistic romp of ` The Last Crusade is the last word on fake news for all eras. What makes The Runagates Club special is that Buchan designed it as a showcase to bring together the best of his magazine fiction. He repurposed these stories with new beginnings framing them as after - dinner stories told over the port in a late 1920s private gentleman's dining - club. This is interwar storytelling at its very best with a critical introduction by Kate Macdonald a leading authority on Buchan's writing.
Title: The Runagates Club
Author(s): Buchan John
Publisher: Handheld Press
Barcode: 9781999828011
Pages: 280 Pages
Publication Date: 10/30/2017
Series: Handheld Classics
Category: Horror & Ghost Stories