Young Man on a Bicycle by Victor Canning

Young Man on a Bicycle by Victor Canning

Young Paul Ashcroft has travelled to the beautiful French Riviera. His goal: to make a lot of money. His methods: more than questionable. Following his motto ‘the world owes me a living’, he steals and swindles – using what he needs for himself and passing on the rest to those less fortunate. After coming across the beautiful Villa Triton, he disguises himself as M. Durobat, a middle-aged Frenchman, to inspect the villa and to pawn the owner’s ornaments and paintings. At the local Casino, he becomes acquainted with the rich ladies of the resort. As he steals their jewellery, he blames the robberies on 'Gringo the Greek', a small crook he knew a long time ago.    But just as Paul's schemes and tricks start to be fruitful and he falls in love with the intriguing Elise Benoit, the real Gringo the Greek appears on the scene, ready to take on the cunning thief who has been blaming him all this time…

Praise for Victor Canning:

‘Quite delightful … with an atmosphere of quiet contentment and humour that cannot fail to charm’ Daily Telegraph

‘There is such a gentle humour in the book’ Daily Sketch

‘What counts for most in the story … is his mounting pleasure in vagabondage and the English scene’ The Times

‘A paean to the beauties of the English countryside and the lovable oddities of the English character’ New York Times

‘His delight at the beauties of the countryside and his mild astonishment at the strange ways of men are infectious’ Daily Telegraph

‘A swift-moving novel, joyous, happy and incurably optimistic’ Evening Standard

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

Victor Canning was a prolific writer throughout his career, which began young: he had sold several short stories by the age of nineteen and his first novel, Mr Finchley Discovers His England (1934) was published when he was twenty-three. It proved to be a runaway bestseller. Canning also wrote for children: his trilogy The Runaways was adapted for US children’s television. Canning’s later thrillers were darker and more complex than his earlier work and received further critical acclaim.

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ISBN 13	9781788422734
ISBN 10	1788422732
Title	Young Man on a Bicycle
Author	Victor Canning
Series	Classic Canning
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Duckworth Books
Year published	2020-10-22
Number of pages	176
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