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Mr Finchley discovers his England
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Victor Canning |
This is a whimsical episodic novel. Mr. Edgar Finchley, unmarried solicitor's clerk aged 45, is told to take a holiday for the first time in his life. He books a hotel in Margate but, before he sets … |
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The Manasco road
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Victor Canning |
The book combines a David-and-Goliath thriller with a sensitive description of a marriage under strain. |
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The Crimson Chalice
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Victor Canning |
When a party of marauding Saxons destroy her father's villa, young Roman girl Gratia, 'Tia' escapes. She comes upon the body of the heir to the chieftanship of a British tribe in the west. Baradoc, a… |
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Mr. Finchley Takes the Road
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Victor Canning |
Mr Finchley takes a fancy to a horse-drawn caravan that he sees for sale. His new wife does not relish the prospect of a caravan journey so goes to visit her brother while he sets out to explore Kent… |
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Venetian Bird
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Victor Canning |
In a Sunday Times feature "The Hundred Best Crime Stories" selected by Julian Symons, reprinted as a pamphlet in about 1960, Symons comments: "Just occasionally an author writes a book that stands ou… |
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