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Poet's Pub (novel)

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Poet's Pub
First edition
AuthorEric Linklater
LanguageEnglish
GenreComedy
PublisherJonathan Cape
Publication date
1929
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint

Poet's Pub is a 1929 comedy novel by the British writer Eric Linklater.[1] 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

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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.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Hart p.250
  2. ^ Goble p.287

Bibliography

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  • 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.