John Macnab (Annotated)

John Buchan's John Macnab is a brisk Highland adventure that turns poaching into a ritual of moral and social renewal. Three eminent men, oppressed by success and spiritual fatigue, invent the outlaw "John Macnab" and challenge Scottish landowners to stop them taking a salmon or stag from their estates. Written with Buchan's characteristic clarity, speed, and affection for landscape, the novel ble...