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Victor Canning

(1911 - 1986)
aka
Julian Forest, Alan Gould

About Victor Canning

Victor Canning was a prolific writer of novels and thrillers who flourished in the 1950s, �60s and �70s, but whose reputation has faded since his death in 1986. He was personally reticent, writing no memoirs and giving relatively few newspaper interviews.

Series

Smiler
1. The Runaways (1972)
2. Flight of the Grey Goose (1973)
3. The Painted Tent (1974)
Smiler (omnibus) (1975)

Crimson Chalice
1. The Crimson Chalice (1976)
2. The Circle of the Gods (1977)
3. The Immortal Wound (1978)
The Crimson Chalice Trilogy: Crimson Chalice, Circle of the Gods, Immortal Wound (omnibus) (1980)

Novels

Mr. Finchley Discovers His England (1934)
Polycarp's Progress (1935)
Fly Away Paul (1936)
Two Men Fought (1936) (writing as Alan Gould)
Matthew Silverman (1937)
Mercy Lane (1937) (writing as Alan Gould)
Mr. Finchley Goes to Paris (1938)
Sanctuary from the Dragon (1938) (writing as Alan Gould)
The Wooden Angel (1938) (writing as Julian Forest)
Fountain Inn (1939)
Every Creature of God Is Good (1939) (writing as Alan Gould)
The Viaduct (1939) (writing as Alan Gould)
Mr. Finchley Takes the Road (1940)
Atlantic Company (1940) (writing as Alan Gould)
Green Battlefield (1943)
The Chasm (1947)
Panther's Moon (1948)
     aka Hunter's Moon
The Golden Salamander (1949)
A Forest of Eyes (1950)
Venetian Bird (1951)
     aka Bird of Prey
The House of the Seven Flies (1952)
The Man from the Turkish Slave (1954)
     aka A Handful of Silver
Castle Minerva (1955)
His Bones Are Coral (1955)
     aka Twist of the knife
The Hidden Face (1956)
     aka Burden of Proof
The Manasco Road (1957)
     aka The Forbidden Road
Dragon Tree (1958)
     aka The Captives of Mora Island
The Burning Eye (1960)
A Delivery of Furies (1961)
Black flamingo (1962)
The Limbo Line (1963)
The Scorpio Letters (1964)
The Whip Hand (1965)
Doubled in Diamonds (1966)
The Python Project (1967)
The Shark Run (1968)
The Melting Man (1968)
Queen's Pawn (1969)
Dev-i istabdad (1970)
Great Affair (1970)
Firecrest (1971)
The Rainbird Pattern (1972)
     aka Family Plot
The Finger of Saturn (1973)
The Mask of Memory (1974)
The Kingsford Mark (1975)
The Doomsday Carrier (1976)
Birdcage (1978)
The Satan Sampler (1979)
Fall from Grace (1980)
Boy on Platform One (1981)
     aka Memory Boy
Vanishing Point (1982)
Raven's Wind (1983)
Birds of a Feather (1985)
Table Number Seven (1987)

Omnibus

Reading for Men (1958) (with Captain A A Bestic, Whitney Darrow Jr, Corey Ford, Harold Sinclair and Jerrard Tickell)
Omnibus: Melting Man, Python Project, Delivery of Furies (1986)

Collections

Young Man on a Bicycle (1958)
Delay on Turtle (1971)

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