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Publication
Penguin Classics (2012), Paperback, 256 pages
Description
Poet's Pubis the classic comic novel by Eric Linklater, set in an English pub. When an Oxford poet named Saturday Keith assumes control of the Pelican Pub, what he desires most is the peace and freedom to craft his poems without being disturbed. To his dismay, however, the local watering hole soon becomes an attraction for various eccentric characters ranging from uncouth rogues to members of academia. Comprised of an entertaining series of vignettes that occur at the Pelican Pub in the fictional Downish, Poet's Pubis a humourous collection of stories by award-winner Eric Linklater. Includes a new introduction by Nancy Pearl.
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LibraryThing member lisa.isselee
Really enjoyed reading this one.
Had a smile on my face when i finished it.
It was funny without being written funny if that's the right way to put it.
Had a smile on my face when i finished it.
It was funny without being written funny if that's the right way to put it.
LibraryThing member edwinbcn
enerally, I am very interested in literature from the 1930s, and I had already read a novel by Eric Linklater but I couldn't really get into it. I am not sure why. Perhaps because the novel is so much about the literary scene at that time, and I cannot get the jokes and quips that are supposed to
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spice up the story. The story just stands too far from us. Show Less
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1929-11
Physical description
256 p.
ISBN
014310666X / 9780143106661