- Fiction, Dickson McCunn (Fictitious character), Kidnapping, Kidnapping in fiction
Dickson MCunn, a recently retired prosperous Scots grocer decides on a walking tour in SW Scotland as a suitable beginning to his retirement activities. To his surprise, he stumbles into a sinister plot involving kidnapping, crown jewels, and terrorism.To his surprise (and deep satisfaction) our 56 year old hero acquits himself very well, in the process proving that the Geritol crowd can and do have remarkable and heroic adventures!
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Classical in form, resolved, effortless and plot-driven.
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- effortlessdemanding
- character-ledplot-driven
- unpretentiousprestige
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- Author
- John Buchan
- First published
- 1910
- Pages
- 256
- Publisher
- IndyPublish.com, WLC, House of Stratus
- Editions
- 293
- Language
- sco, English
- ISBN
- 9798454357207
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“The girl came into the room with a darting movement like a swallow, looked round her with the same birdlike quickness, and then ran across the polished floor to where a young man sat on a sofa with one leg laid along it.”
A Scottish novelist, historian and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation (<a href=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Buchan>Wikipedia</a>).
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