sentences:  These neighbours are forewarned that "John Macnab" will poach a salmon or a stag from their land and return it to them undetected.The outcome is that the men's boredom is dispelled with the assistance of helpers (including a homeless waif, "Fish Benjie", and an athletic journalist, Crossby), and Archie Roylance marries Janet Raden, daughter of the grandee.John Prebble adapted the book for a three-part BBC television production in 1976, directed by Donald McWhinnie.