Water on the Brain
1933 novel
 1954 (publ. Chatto & Windus) | |
| Author | Compton Mackenzie |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Comedy thriller |
| Publisher | Cassell |
Publication date | 1933 |
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Water on the Brain is a 1933 comedy spy novel by the British writer Compton Mackenzie. Based on his own experiences working for British intelligence during the First World War, Mackenzie wrote a parody of the traditional spy novel. He had recently been prosecuted under the Official Secrets Act for divulging his wartime experience.[1]
Plot
References
- ^ Burton p.251
Bibliography
- Burton, Alan. Historical Dictionary of British Spy Fiction. Rowman & Littlefield, 2016.
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Works by Compton Mackenzie
- Carnival (1912)
- Sinister Street (1913)
- Guy and Pauline (1915)
- Sylvia Scarlett (1918)
- Sylvia and Michael (1919)
- Poor Relations (1919)
- The Vanity Girl (1920)
- Rich Relatives (1921)
- Coral (1925)
- Fairy Gold (1926)
- Rogues and Vagabonds (1927)
- Vestal Fire (1927)
- Extraordinary Women (1928)
- Extremes Meet (1928)
- The Three Couriers (1929)
- April Fools (1930)
- Buttercups and Daisies (1931)
- Our Street (1931)
- Water on the Brain (1933)
- The Darkening Green (1934)
- Figure of Eight (1936)
- The Four Winds of Love (1937)
- The Red Tapeworm (1941)
- The Monarch of the Glen (1941)
- Keep the Home Guard Turning (1943)
- Whisky Galore (1947)
- Hunting the Fairies (1949)
- The Rival Monster (1952)
- Ben Nevis Goes East (1954)
- Thin Ice (1956)
- Rockets Galore (1957)
- The Lunatic Republic (1959)
- Mezzotint (1961)
- The Stolen Soprano (1965)
- Paper Lives (1966)
- The Ballet Girl (1916)
- Sinister Street (1922)
- Dance Pretty Lady (1931)
- Sylvia Scarlett (1935)
- Carnival (1946)
- Whisky Galore! (1949)
- Rockets Galore! (1958)
- Sinister Street (1969)
- Monarch of the Glen (2000-2005)
- Whisky Galore! (2016)
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