The Rival Monster

1952 novel

The Rival Monster
First edition
AuthorCompton Mackenzie
LanguageEnglish
GenreComedy
PublisherChatto & Windus
Publication date
1952
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint

The Rival Monster is a 1952 comedy novel by the British writer Compton Mackenzie.[1] 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.
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