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3+ Stars. "What is a holiday without change and excitement?" Ask Edgar Finchley, Esquire. MR. FINCHLEY DISCOVERS HIS ENGLAND was Victor Canning's first novel and a runaway best seller in 1934; and now, his novels are being re-released. This one, first in a trilogy is old-fashioned and silly....yes, but filled with the crazy adventures of what was a somewhat wimpy, but proper man now changed as he travels across an atmospheric 1930's countryside experiencing the world from a different perspective. Mr. Finchley clerks for a solicitor. He is described as a naive, short-bodied, bald-headed man who smokes a pipe and weighs 155 pounds....with a maid that bosses him around. But Mr. Finchley is a happy camper; he has a new boss who has granted him his first ever vacation....a three week well-earned vacation. But little does he know as he sits waiting for his train to begin his holiday that he would end up kidnapped, on the run, evading police, working in a side show....and at a gas station as he travels by bicycle and on foot experiencing all types of tom-foolery as he ultimately evaluates and changes his life. A bit tedious here and there (for me) but with a cast of many and some fun and interesting times too!***Arc provided by The Farrago Team via NetGalley in exchange for review***