Poet's Pub (novel)

Poet's Pub

First edition
Author	Eric Linklater
Language	English
Genre	Comedy
Publisher	Jonathan Cape
Publication date	1929
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print

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

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

1. Hart p.250
2. 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.

External links

• Full text of Poet's Pub at Internet Archive