The Singer Not the Song (novel)
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Author | Audrey Erskine Lindop |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre | Drama |
Publisher | Heinemann (Britain) Pocket Books (US) |
Publication date | 1953 |
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The Singer Not the Song is a 1953 novel by the British writer Audrey Erskine Lindop. It was published in the United States by Pocket Books under the alternative title of The Bandit and the Priest.[1] A priest sent to a small Mexican town engages in a moral battle with a local bandit.
It was adapted into a 1961 film The Singer Not the Song directed by Roy Ward Baker and starring Dirk Bogarde, John Mills and Mylène Demongeot.[2]
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- 1953 British novels
- Novels by Audrey Erskine Lindop
- Novels set in Mexico
- British novels adapted into films
- Heinemann (publisher) books
- 1950s novel stubs