Uncle Willie and the Bicycle Shop
{{short description|1948 novel}}
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| author = Brock Williams
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| language = English
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| publisher = Harrap
| release_date = 1948
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Uncle Willie and the Bicycle Shop is a 1948 comedy novel by the British writer Brock Williams. It is set in the Edwardian era and was partly inspired by his own years growing up. Uncle Willie is the black sheep of the family, and a drunken embarrassment to his respectable relations. However, when he is given a small bicycle shop to manage it surprisingly prospers.
Film adaptation
In 1953 it was made into the British film Isn't Life Wonderful! directed by Harold French and starring Cecil Parker, Eileen Herlie and Donald Wolfit.Goble p.502
References
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Bibliography
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
Category:Novels by Noel Streatfeild
Category:British comedy novels
Category:Novels set in England
Category:British novels adapted into films
Category:George G. Harrap and Co. books
Category:Novels set in the 1900s
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