Classic Canning Bundle

Praise for the Classic Canning Series

‘Quite delightful, with an atmosphere of quiet contentment and humour that cannot fail to charm … The longer we travel with Mr Finchley, the better we come to love him. He makes us share his bread and cheese, and beer and pipe. His delight at the beauties of the countryside and his mild astonishment at the strange ways of men are infectious’

‘His gift of story-telling is obviously innate. Rarely does one come on so satisfying an amalgam of plot, characterisation and good writing’

‘A paean to the beauties of the English countryside and the lovable oddities of the English character… [Mr Finchley] runs into one astonishing situation after another, sticking gamely to his resolve that he must take things as they come and accept them’

‘What counts for most in the story, as it did for Mr Finchley, is his mounting pleasure in vagabondage and the English scene’

‘There is such a gentle humour in the book … Mr Finchley is the ideal Englishman’