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Mister Finchley a middle-aged solicitor'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.
Apr 18, 2019 · Mr Edgar Finchley, unmarried clerk, aged 45, is told to take a holiday for the first time in his life. He decides to go to the seaside. But Fate has other plans in store….
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‘Mr Finchley Discovers His England’, his first book and a success in its day, starts like an early H. G. Wells comedy, with overtones of Jerome K. Jerome and ‘The Diary of a Nobody’, as its mild-mannered clerk-hero sets out on a holiday, only to become accidentally involved in criminal shenanigans.
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Jan 28, 2016 · Edgar Finchley has spent his adult life in London toiling as a clerk for Mr. Bardwell, a solicitor who considered vacations unnecessary, but after Bardwell’s death, his replacement, Mr. Sprake, insists that Mr. Finchley take three weeks off — “Can’t expect my staff to do their jobs if they ain’t fit!
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Victor Canning (Author), John Higgins (Narrator), Farrago (Publisher) 4.3 1,829 ratings. Book 1 of 10: Classic Canning. See all formats and editions. Mr Edgar Finchley, unmarried clerk, aged 45, is told to take a holiday for the first time in his life. He decides to go to the seaside.
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Apr 18, 2019 · Mr Finchley Discovers His England. Victor Canning. Prelude Books, Apr 18, 2019 - Fiction. Mr Edgar Finchley, unmarried clerk, aged 45, is told to take a holiday for the first time in his...
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His rural adventure takes him gradually westward through the English countryside and back, via a smuggling yacht, to London. This gentle comedy trilogy was a runaway bestseller on first publication in the 1930s and retains a timeless appeal today.
