The Runagates Club

John Buchan

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Handheld Press
08 January 2018

Classic fiction (pre c 1945); Thriller & suspense; Adventure; Horror & ghost stories

Series: Handheld Classics

The Runagates Club is John Buchan's last collection of short stories, and is a classic of British interwar short fiction. These twelve stories were written from 1913 to 1927, when he was at the peak of his powers.

Buchan's most popular character Richard Hannay battles an ancient curse in South Africa in `The Green Wildebeest'. Edward Leithen tags along in an assassins' war in `Sing a Song of Sixpence'. The Runagates Club features First World War spy and code-cracking thrillers `The Loathly Opposite' and `Dr Lartius'; tales of supernatural possession in deepest Wales, comfortable Oxfordshire and the House of Commons, in `The Wind in the Portico', Fullcircle' and `""Tendebant Manus""'; and stories of survival in the far North and in Depression-era Canada with `Skule Skerry' and `Ship to Tarshish'. There is farce too, in `The Frying-Pan and the Fire' and `""Divus"" Johnston', and the riotous journalistic romp of `The LastCrusade' is the last word on fake news, for all eras.

What makes The Runagates Club special is that Buchan designed it as a showcase to bring together the best of his magazine fiction. He repurposed these stories with new beginnings, framing them as after-dinner stories told over the port in a late 1920s private gentleman's dining-club. The narrators are a ready-made cast of storytelling characters, and Buchan filled out their backgrounds to fit the patrician, clubland background. This is interwar story-telling at its very best, with a critical introduction by Kate Macdonald.

By: John Buchan
Imprint: Handheld Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Volume: 2
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 135mm,
ISBN: 9781999828011
ISBN 10: 1999828011
Series: Handheld Classics
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 08 January 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

John Buchan (1875-1940) was a Scottish author, publisher, journalist, biographer, historian, mountaineer, and politician. His Presbyterian upbringing as the son of a manse, and his classical Oxford education made him one of the most popular twentieth-century prose stylists. He invented the modern thriller, and his novels of Richard Hannay and Edward Leithen were beloved for their tweedy, upper-class settings, thrilling chases and reliable readability. He died in 1940 as Governor-General of Canada.

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The Runagates Club

John Buchan

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