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| Author | Eric Linklater |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Publisher | Jonathan Cape |
| Publication date | 1929 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
Poet's Pub is a 1929 comedy novel by the British writer Eric Linklater. An aspiring poet is hired by his friend's mother to run a large inn she has acquired. In 1935 it was one of the original ten Penguin Paperbacks to be published.
Adaptation
In 1949 it was adapted into a film of the same title directed by Frederick Wilson and starring Derek Bond, Rona Anderson and James Robertson Justice.
References
- Hart p.250
- Goble p.287
Bibliography
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
- Hart, Francis Russell. The Scottish Novel: From Smollett to Spark. Harvard University Press, 1978.
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