Water on the Brain
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![]() 1954 (publ. Chatto & Windus) | |
Author | Compton Mackenzie |
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Language | English |
Genre | Comedy thriller |
Publisher | Cassell |
Publication date | 1933 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type |
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
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References
[edit]- ^ Burton p.251
Bibliography
[edit]- Burton, Alan. Historical Dictionary of British Spy Fiction. Rowman & Littlefield, 2016.