No Nightingales is a 1944 comedy novel by Caryl Brahms and S.J. Simon, a regular writing team between 1937 and 1950. The title is a reference to the popular wartime song A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square. The novel is loosely inspired by the legend of the supposedly haunted townhouse 50 Berkeley Square. In the popular show Good Omens, this book is referenced towards by means of the song A Nightingale Sang in Berkley Square.
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| Author | Caryl Brahms S.J. Simon |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Publisher | Michael Joseph |
Publication date | 1944 |
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Film adaptation edit
In 1947 it was turned into a film The Ghosts of Berkeley Square directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Robert Morley, Felix Aylmer, Yvonne Arnaud and Claude Hulbert.[1]
References edit
- ^ Goble p.429
Bibliography edit
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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