''Mr. Finchley Discovers His England'' is a 1934
comedy novel by the British writer
Victor Canning
Victor Canning (16 June 1911 – 21 February 1986) was a prolific British writer of novels and thrillers who flourished in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. He was personally reticent, writing no memoirs and giving relatively few newspaper interviews. ...
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[Burton p.81] It was published by Hodder and Stoughton, and a US edition published by Reynal and Hitchcock appeared in 1935 under the title ''Mr. Finchley's Holiday'', and there were post-war editions from Pan Books, Heinemann and, recently (2019), from Farrago Books. It was the first of a trilogy starring the mild-mannered
Edgar Finchley. The novel was a bestseller and allowed Canning to leave his job and devote himself full time to writing, later becoming known in particular for his
thrillers.
[Higgins, John]
Victor Canning biography
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Synopsis
Mister Finchley a middle-aged solicitor
A solicitor is a legal practitioner who traditionally deals with most of the legal matters in some jurisdictions. A person must have legally-defined qualifications, which vary from one jurisdiction to another, to be described as a solicitor and ...
's clerk is told to take a holiday, for the first time in his working life. He plans to go to the seaside but enjoys a series of comic adventures on the way, and learns to love his native England.
References
Bibliography
* Burton, Alan. ''Historical Dictionary of British Spy Fiction''. Rowman & Littlefield, 2016.
* Ehland, Christoph and Wächter, Cornelia. ''Middlebrow and Gender, 1890-1945''. BRILL, 2016.
External links
Full bibliography
1934 British novels
British comedy novels
Novels set in England
Novels by Victor Canning
Hodder & Stoughton books
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