Poet's pub
By: Eric Linklater ; foreword by Nancy Pearl
Series: Penguin classics
Publisher: Penguin Books; Penguin Classics
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9780143106661
Subjects: FICTION / Classics; Poets; Bars (Drinking establishments); FICTION / Humorous; Fiction
Description: "A literary Cheers--filled with British charm and wit comprised of an entertaining series of vignettes that occur at the Pelican Pub in Downish, England, Poet's Pub is a humor-filled collection of stories by award winner Eric Linklater--one of the original titles commissioned by Penguin Classics founder Allen Lane--and again available to American readers.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. This is the least of what happens, for the local watering hole soon becomes an out-and-out attraction for various eccentric characters ranging from uncouth rogues to members of academia"--

"An Oxford poet named Saturday Keith assumes control of The Pelican pub in Downish. What Keith most desires is the peace and freedom to craft his poems without any disturbance. This is the least of what happens, for The Pelican pub soon becomes an out-and-out attraction for various eccentric characters, ranging from uncouth rogues to members of the academia. POET'S PUB presents an entertaining series of vignettes unified by a central, unconventional literary locale"--