Green Grow the Rushes (novel)

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Green Grow the Rushes
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Author Howard Clewes
LanguageEnglish
GenreComedy
Publisher The Bodley Head
Publication date
1949
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint

Green Grow the Rushes is a 1949 comedy novel by the British writer Howard Clewes. The title refers to the traditional folk song "Green Grow the Rushes, O". It revolves around a group of officials from a Whitehall government department who travel to the Kent coast for an investigation, only to find themselves encountering a community entirely committed to smuggling.

It was adapted into a 1951 British film of the same title directed by Derek N. Twist and starring Roger Livesey, Honor Blackman and Richard Burton. [1]

References

  1. Goble p.86

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