An aspidistra is a spiny houseplant[?] that at the time was widely considered a symbol of dull middle-class British taste. It is portrayed as indestructible in the novel.
Keep the Aspidistra Flying was filmed in 1997 by Robert Bierman[?] based on a screenplay by Alan Plater[?] and starring Richard E. Grant[?] and Helena Bonham Carter.
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