Mr Finchley Discovers His England
(Mr Finchley, Book 1)
by Victor Canning
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Pub Date 18 Apr 2019 | Archive Date 3 May 2019
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Description
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…
From his abduction in a Bentley by a cheerful crook, to his smuggling escapade off the south coast, the timid but plucky Mr Finchley is plunged into a series of the most astonishing and extraordinary adventures.
His rural adventure takes him gradually westward through the English countryside and back, via a smuggling yacht, to London.
Jerome Jerome meets Mr Bean in this gentle comedy series, which was a runaway bestseller on first publication in the 1930s and retains a timeless appeal today. It has been dramatized twice for BBC Radio, with the 1990 series regularly repeated.
Advance Praise
‘The longer we travel with Mr Finchley, the better we come to love him. He makes us share his bread and cheese, and beer and pipe. His delight at the beauties of the countryside and his mild astonishment at the strange ways of men are infectious … This is a quite delightful book, with an atmosphere of quiet contentment and humour that cannot fail to charm.’ Daily Telegraph
‘There is such a gentle humour in the book … Mr Finchley is the ideal Englishman.’ Peter Belloc, Daily Sketch
‘A paean to the beauties of the English countryside and the lovable oddities of the English character.’ New York Times
‘His gift of story-telling is obviously innate. Rarely does one come on so satisfying an amalgam of plot, characterisation and good writing.’ Punch
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781788421584 |
| PRICE | US$3.99 (USD) |
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