Violence
ModerateA dog is shot dead. A man is hit in the face, overpowered, gagged and confined after a pistol goes off.
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Greenmantle
Greenmantle is the second of five novels by John Buchan featuring the character Richard Hannay. It was first published in 1916 by Hodder & Stoughton, London. It is one of two Hannay novels set during the First World War, the other being Mr Standfast (1919); Hannay's first and best-known adventure, The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915), is set in the period immediately preceding the war.
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Parents Guide
Partially reviewedVersion covered
English primary novel text: Project Gutenberg eBook 559, Greenmantle, by John Buchan. Reviewed scope: ChapterI opening pipe passage; selected dog-shooting/armed-standoff passage; ChapterXV, An Embarrassed Toilet, Rasta capture passage only. Consulted edition only; library asset equivalence, other editions, translations, abridgments, audio and screen adaptations are unverified.
Language
ModerateRacist colonial terminology appears in the narration around the dog encounter.
Alcohol, drugs & smoking
MildThe narrator fills a tobacco pipe.
Frightening & intense themes
ModerateArmed threats, sudden gunfire and the confinement of an unconscious man create suspense.
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