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By: Victor Canning

ISBN: 9781788421621
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2019
UK Publication Date: 18th April 2019
Publisher: Duckworth Books
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An ebullientMr Finchleyis about to propose to a lady he rescued from mishap when he is sent to Paris by his firm.This gentle comedy was a runaway bestseller on first publication in the 1930s and retains a timeless appeal.


(Paperback)

By: Victor Canning

ISBN: 9781788421638
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2019
UK Publication Date: 16th May 2019
Publisher: Duckworth Books
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Mr Finchleytakes a fancy to a horse-drawn caravan and sets out to explore the countryside.He encounters a band of eccentrics and it gradually emerges that the caravan contains a secret, and Mr Finchley finds himself in real trouble.


(Paperback)

By: Victor Canning

ISBN: 9781788421775
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2019
Publisher: Duckworth Books
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In a mid-life moment, Paul Morison travels from America to England to discover his mother's roots. A chance encounter and uncanny resemblance leads him to agree to assume the identity of a famous singer for a while. But it's not just the unnerving attentions of the adoring public that he must deal with.


(Paperback)

By: Victor Canning

ISBN: 9781788421799
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2019
Publisher: Duckworth Books
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What's going on behind the doors of Fountain Inn This beautifully observed thriller marked Victor Canning's entree into crime fiction, and rewards with a thrilling finale - sure to delight fans of Agatha Christie's Tommy and Tuppence.


(Paperback)

By: Victor Canning

ISBN: 9781788421768
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2019
Publisher: Duckworth Books
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After a spur-of-the-moment day out with his boss' daughter in celebration of his 21st birthday, Polycarp Jarvis decides to quit his Bristol-based junior government worker job. Newly emboldened, he embarks on an erratic, engaging and not always strictly legal course through life. But what kind of person will he be by the end


(Paperback)

By: Victor Canning

ISBN: 9781788421782
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2019
Publisher: Duckworth Books
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A life-affirming story of family and personal self-discovery

When George, the eldest son of Matthew Silverman, announces he won't follow his father's footsteps as editor of the family-owned local newspaper, the family finds itself on a course for change. Can Matthew do what's best for them all


(Paperback)

By: Victor Canning

ISBN: 9781788422734
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2020
Publisher: Duckworth Books
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Victor Canning's light-hearted and cleverly plotted novella set on thebeautiful French Riviera.


(Paperback)

By: Victor Canning

ISBN: 9780715653883
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2020
Publisher: Duckworth Books
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In this series of pen-portraits of England in the 1930's, Victor Canning vividly captures the pattern and colour of the great fabric of English life from Cumberland to Cornwall from a bygone era.


(Paperback)

By: Victor Canning

ISBN: 9781788421614
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2019
UK Publication Date: 21st March 2019
Publisher: Duckworth Books
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Mr Edgar Finchley, unmarried solicitor's clerk, aged 45, is told to take a holiday for the first time in his life.He decides to go to Margate. But Fate has other plans in store...



This gentle comedy trilogy was a runaway bestseller on first publication in the 1930s and retains a timeless appeal today.