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Mr Finchley Goes to Paris (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
An ebullient Mr Finchley is about to propose to a lady he rescued from mishap when he is sent to Paris by his firm. This gentle comedy was a runaway bestseller on first publication in the 1930s and retains a timeless appeal.
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Mr Finchley Discovers His England (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
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... Læs mere
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Everyman's England (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
In this series of pen-portraits of England in the 1930's, Victor Canning vividly captures the pattern and colour of the great fabric of English life from Cumberland to Cornwall from a bygone era.
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Fly Away Paul (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
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... Læs mere
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The Painted Tent (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Smiler flees to the farm of the ‘The Duchess’ in North Devon, where he stays and tends to circus animals housed there for the winter. All is going well until a peregrine falcon, Fria, escapes.
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Flight of the Grey Goose (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Still on the run, Smiler hitches a train to Scotland where he finds work as an animal caretaker within the grounds of a castle occupied by ‘the Laird’, Sir Alec Elphinstone.
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The Runaways (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
On a night of wild storms, two troubled figures – a 15-year-old boy, Smiler, and a cheetah, Yarra – escape from captivity. Their lives become inextricably bound up as they fight for survival on the edge of Salisbury Plain.
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The Improvised Life of Polycarp Jarvis (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
After a spur-of-the-moment day out with his boss’ daughter in celebration of his 21st birthday, Polycarp Jarvis decides to quit his Bristol-based junior government... Læs mere
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