Carnival

Name: Carnival
Author: Compton Mackenzie

by Compton Mackenzie

Novel set in Venice exploring theatrical passion and the decadence of carnival atmosphere

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Compton Mackenzie

Mackenzie was a prolific and popular novelist whose early Sinister Street was considered scandalous and whose comic Whisky Galore became a beloved classic. His vast output ranged from serious Bildungsroman to Scottish farce.

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Sinister StreetNovel tracing a young man's moral development from Oxford through London's bohemian underworld
Whisky GaloreComic novel about wartime whisky smuggling and its chaotic effects on a Scottish island
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