Grand Canary

Destiny brings two lonely people together in Grand Canary, a moving love story by A J Cronin, one of the master storytellers of the twentieth century.

Dr Harvey Leith, brilliant research scientist, awakes from a drunken stupor to find himself aboard a liner bound for the romantic Canary Islands. His past life is in ruins, and his hopes for the future are shattered.

But he meets the lovely Mary Fielding on the ship, also looking for a new purpose in her life. It seems to her that they have met somewhere before, in some other place, and that they are meant for each other. There is only one problem – she is already married.

Dr Leith’s life becomes inextricably involved with those of the other passengers and he gradually begins to forget the bitterness of the past. In the sultry atmosphere of Grand Canary he finds he has to conquer himself to achieve happiness.

Originally published in 1933, Grand Canary is a classic romance from the much-loved author of The Citadel and The Green Years, A J Cronin. It was adapted for the screen in 1934 by director Irving Cummings, starring Academy Award-winning actor Warner Baxter.