Wheldon Curson-Hobson — Near a Canal
Ebury Street 2006 Paperback. Charles Latimer is witness to the murder of a stranger who is helping the poor. When hundreds of people gather to mourn her death, he decides to give up his job working for a successful publisher, and begin a search for a world he never knew existed among the poor of London. Sleeping on a bench beside the canal, Charles begins a new life as a journalist writing about the artists and poets he meets, and the remarkable lives they lead. Charles discovers romance and wonderful friends and publishes their work to undreamed of acclaim. Signed by author. (ISBN: 9781877391514). Good.