A Pocketful of Rye

A Pocketful of Rye is a 1969 novel by A. J. Cronin about a young Scottish doctor, Carroll, and his life in Switzerland. It is a sequel to A Song of Sixpence.

A Pocketful of Rye
First US edition
AuthorA. J. Cronin
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
PublisherLittle, Brown and Company
Publication date
1969 June 1
Media typePrint (Hardback)
Pages254 pp.
ISBN0-316-16175-6
Preceded byA Song of Sixpence 

As with several of his other novels, Cronin drew on his own experiences as a doctor for this book. The titles of both novels come from the children's nursery rhyme, Sing a Song of Sixpence.


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