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1952 novel

The Rival Monster
First edition
AuthorCompton Mackenzie
LanguageEnglish
GenreComedy
PublisherChatto & Windus
Publication date1952
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint

The Rival Monster is a 1952 comedy novel by the British writer Compton Mackenzie. It includes characters from two earlier hit novels by Mackenzie Whisky Galore and The Monarch of the Glen.

After the Loch Ness Monster is apparently killed in a collision with a flying saucer, a new monster is spotted at the remote island of Little Todday in the Outer Hebrides, leading to tourists to flock to the area.

References

  1. Dooley p.16

Bibliography

  • David Joseph Dooley. Compton Mackenzie. Twayne Publishers, 1974.
Works by Compton Mackenzie
Novels
Adaptations


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