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Stop at a Winner

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Stop at a Winner
First edition (UK)
AuthorR.F. Delderfield
LanguageEnglish
GenreComedy
PublisherHodder & Stoughton (UK)
Simon & Schuster (US)
Publication date
1961
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint

Stop at a Winner is a 1961 comedy novel by the British writer R.F. Delderfield.[1] It follows the misadventures of two RAF men during the Second World War, the gentle giant Pedlar Pascoe and the conniving Horace Pope, a Londoner who has attempted to avoid conscription.

Adaptation

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It was adapted into the British film On the Fiddle directed by Cyril Frankel, with the lead roles played by Sean Connery and Alfred Lynch.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Sternlicht p.67
  2. ^ Goble p.122

Bibliography

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  • Sternlicht, Sanford. R.F. Delderfield. Twayne Publishers, 1988.