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- ID
- b259
- Title
- "Shandy Lil."
- Genre
- Story
- Page Count
- 9
- Word Count
- 2200
- Publisher
- Argosy (UK)
- Weekend
- Publication Year
- 1960
- Document Types
- Film & Television
- Comic Fiction
- Character: Uncle Silas
A late Uncle Silas tale, written several years after the second collection of such tales (Sugar for the Horse), concerning Silas's attempt to coach a timid man in his courtship of a lovely barmaid.
A television adaptation starring Albert Finney was aired in 2003.
Published in:
- Argosy (October 1960)
- The Wedding Party (1965)
- Weekend (Summer 1979)
- The Complete My Uncle Silas Stories (Bloomsbury ebook, 2016)
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