Victor Canning (1911–1986)
Author of The Runaways
About the Author
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Works by Victor Canning
Flint’s Diamonds 1 copy
Le Pion de la reine 1 copy
Cresta roja 1 copy
El alud 1 copy
Dyrköpt liv 1 copy
Drepende indisier 1 copy
Tulikera : [romaan] 1 copy
Associated Works
Maigret and the Spinster, Death of a Hawker, The Doomsday Carrier (1978) — Contributor — 5 copies, 1 review
Readers Digest Condensed Books: The Dragon Tree • Trumpets over Merriford • Dunbar's Cove • The Big X (1955) 5 copies
Alfred Hitchcock - The Masterpiece Collection — Author — 3 copies
De uitbrekers; Wielen; Scherven brengen toch geluk; Afscheid van een koning — Author — 1 copy, 1 review
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1911-06-16
- Date of death
- 1986-02-21
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- England, UK
- Birthplace
- Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
- Place of death
- Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England, UK
- Places of residence
- Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Calstock, England, UK - Education
- Oxford Central School
- Occupations
- writer
Members
Reviews
Queen's Pawn by Victor Canning
Two fraudsters retire and drawn back by even bigger fraudsters. Enjoyable crime thriller written and set in the 60s. Half f the action set on the maiden voyage of the QE2.
½
Set aside a day for this delightful, PG English adventure that was first published in 1934 in which 45-year-old bachelor Edgar Finchley, Esq, having worked at Bardwell & Sprake for 28 years, takes his first-ever holiday. I received a review copy quite a while back from NetGalley that got lost in the queue and this is my voluntary review.
Story of a meek and mild law clerk who takes a mandated vacation that turns into a life of crime, albeit unwittingly. 214 pages
An odd book, made up of one madcap adventure after another. Highly episodic. The characters mostly feel like caricatures, except Mr Finchley himself has a bit more realness to him. Although he is *just* naive enough to keep landing in some bizarre situations, he's intelligent enough to deal with them.
This is a book you have to be in the right mood for. It's not quite my cup of tea, but you might enjoy it if you like the sounds of a book that's somewhere in the ballpark of PG Wodehouse but with occasional forays into more profound thought.… (more)
This is a book you have to be in the right mood for. It's not quite my cup of tea, but you might enjoy it if you like the sounds of a book that's somewhere in the ballpark of PG Wodehouse but with occasional forays into more profound thought.… (more)
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- Works
- 79
- Also by
- 27
- Members
- 1,423
- Popularity
- #18,082
- Rating
- 3.6
- Reviews
- 26
- ISBNs
- 314
- Languages
- 10
- Favorited
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