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]

Magnus Merriman
First edition (UK)
AuthorEric Linklater
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreComedy
PublisherJonathan Cape (UK)
Farrar and Rinehart (US)
Publication date
1934
Media typePrint

References edit

  1. ^ Hart pp. 252–253
  2. ^ Watson p. 377

Bibliography edit

  • 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.