Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush (novel)

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The novel Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush is an early work by the prolific British author Hunter Davies, probably best known for his biographical books. It is about a sex-obsessed teenage boy living in the Swinging Sixties. It was published by Heinemann in 1965.

Davies was based in London in the 1960s, working for the Sunday Times. However, he set the book in Carlisle, [1] where he had lived in his teens. [2]

Film adaptation

Davies co-wrote the script of the film of the same name, which was released in 1968. It was directed by Clive Donner and filmed on location in Stevenage, a New Town in Hertfordshire, some 30 miles from the British capital. [3]

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References

  1. "Here we go round the mulberry bush". Modculture. 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  2. Cobb, Matthew (April 2017). "Hunter Davies returns to his roots". News and Star.
  3. "Here We Go round the Mulberry Bush (1967)". BFI. Archived from the original on June 11, 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2022.