The Teahouse of the August Moon (novel)

This article is about the 1951 novel. For other uses, see The Teahouse of the August Moon.

The Teahouse of the August Moon is a novel by Vern Sneider published in 1951. The book subsequently was adapted for a play (1953) and film (1956) with the same titles, both written by John Patrick, and later in 1970, the Broadway musical Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen by Patrick and Stan Freeman. It depicts the activities of U.S. Army military government officers and personnel in occupied Okinawa following World War II. The novel was republished in 2018 by Camphor Press.^[1]

The Teahouse of the August Moon

First edition
Author	Vern Sneider
Language	English
Genre	Comedy: Fiction
Set in	Okinawa, Japan
Publisher	Putnam Camphor Press
Publication date	1951 (2018)
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (Hardcover)
Pages	282 pp (first edition)
OCLC	429098

References

1. The Teahouse of the August Moon

External links

• ​The Teahouse of the August Moon​ (1953 play) at the Internet Broadway Database
• The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956 film) at IMDb
• ​Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen​ (1970 musical) at the Internet Broadway Database