1934 novel by Eric Linklater
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] Although Link later wrote an introduction to the book titled "Admonition" denying autobiographical intent.
References
- ^ Hart pp. 252–253
- ^ Watson p. 377
Bibliography
- 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.