Edward Leithen is the closest of Buchan's protagonists to the
author's own experience and imagination. A prosperous Scots lawyer and
MP in London, Leithen seeks adventure to relieve the tedium of
respectability.
In The Power House he is forced by event and accident to see civilisation as a thin veneer over the human jungle; in John Macnab he makes his own adventure by playing the poacher; in Sick Heart River, seeking a lost friend he meets death and redemption in the wastes of Canada.
Each book contrasts with the others; each pulls us into Buchan's world and holds us there.
| ISBN: | 9780862419950 |
| Publication date: | 25th May 2000 |
| Author: | John Buchan |
| Publisher: | Canongate Classics an imprint of Canongate Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 720 pages |
| Series: | Canongate Classics |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction |
Edward Leithen is the closest of Buchan's protagonists to the
author's own experience and imagination. A prosperous Scots lawyer and
MP in London, Leithen seeks adventure to relieve the tedium of
respectability.
In The Power House he is forced by event and accident to see civilisation as a thin veneer over the human jungle; in John Macnab he makes his own adventure by playing the poacher; in Sick Heart River, seeking a lost friend he meets death and redemption in the wastes of Canada.
Each book contrasts with the others; each pulls us into Buchan's world and holds us there.
The Leithen Stories features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction
The Leithen Stories is available in Paperback
The Leithen Stories was written by John Buchan and published by Canongate Classics an imprint of Canongate Books
The Leithen Stories has 720 pages
Yes it is part of Canongate Classics series