Whisky Galore, Paperback/Compton Mackenzie

Philip Goulding's stage adaptation of Compton Mackenzie 's comedy classic is a tribute to the all-female touring theatre companies of the post-war years.1943 on the Scottish islands of Great and Little Todday, the whisky supply has dried up. Relief seems to be at hand when a ship carrying 50,000 bottles of whisky is wrecked just offshore.