JOHN MACNAB, by John Buchan
John Macnab is the second most famous novel by John Buchan, published in 1925. It is a story of three successful men – a barrister, cabinet minister and banker who are bored.
They decide to alleviate the boredom by anonymously informing three Scottish estates that they intend to poach a stag or a salmon and returning it to them undetected.
It is about daring thinking and high living set in the beautiful Highlands of Scotland and evoking images of the hunting, shooting and fishing lifestyle. [Amazon Product Description]
It’s actually a bit more than that. It is (like a lot of Buchan’s writing) about privilege and responsibility, the code of honour and the character that makes a gentleman. In particular, it is about whether conservatives can respond to the anarchic threat of leftism with intelligence and courage, or whether they will simply allow themselves to be chased from the field nursing a sense of entitlement which is no longer deserved.
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