''A Pocketful of Rye'' is a 1969 novel by

A. J. Cronin Archibald Joseph Cronin (19 July 1896 – 6 January 1981), known as A. J. Cronin, was a Scottish physician and novelist. His best-known novel is ''The Citadel'' (1937), about a Scottish doctor who serves in a Welsh mining village before achievi ...

about a young Scottish doctor, Carroll, and his life in Switzerland. It is a sequel to '' A 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 "Sing a Song of Sixpence" is an English nursery rhyme, perhaps originating in the 18th century. It is listed in the Roud Folk Song Index as number 13191. The sixpence in the rhyme is a British coin that was first minted in 1551. Origins The rh ...

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Novels by A. J. Cronin Sequel novels Novels set in Switzerland 1969 British novels Medical novels Victor Gollancz Ltd books Little, Brown and Company books {{1960s-novel-stub