Fly Away Paul

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How far could you go living in another's shoes

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.

Seeking to regain his freedom, Paul flees the length of Britain from Southampton to the Scottish Isles. On the run, he discovers he has let himself in for much more than he bargained.

This gentle comic caper and love story was hugely popular on first publication in the 1930s and retains a timeless appeal today.

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Praise for Victor Canning:

Quite delightful with an atmosphere of quiet contentment and humour thatcannot fail to charmDaily Telegraph

There issuch a gentle humourin the bookDaily Sketch

What counts for most in the story is hismounting pleasure in vagabondage and the English sceneThe Times

A paean to the beauties of the English countryside andthe lovable oddities of the English characterNew York Times

His delight at the beauties of the countryside and hismild astonishment at the strange ways of men are infectiousDaily Telegraph

A swift-moving novel,joyous, happy and incurably optimisticEvening Standard

His gift of story-telling is obviously innate.Rarely does one come on so satisfyingan amalgam of plot, characterisation and good writingPunch

Author Bio

Victor Canningwas a prolific writer throughout his career, which began young: he had sold several short stories by the age of nineteen and his first novel,Mr Finchley Discovers His England(1934) was published when he was twenty-three. It proved to be a runaway bestseller. Canning also wrote for children: his trilogyThe Runawayswas adapted for US children's television. Canning's later thrillers were darker and more complex than his earlier work and received further critical acclaim.