Victor Canning: Mr Finchley Discovers his England (UK 2019) From the Publisher: From his abduction 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. This gentle comedy trilogy 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. Victor Canning: Mr Finchley Discovers his England. Farrago, ISBN: 9781788421614 (April, 2019), 225 p., £8.99, eBook £1.99.
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