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G.K. Chesterton's The Man Who Was Thursday is a thrilling novel of deception, subterfuge, double-crossing and secret identities, and this Penguin Classics edition is edited with an introduction by Matthew Beaumont. The Central Anarchist Council is a secret society sworn to destroy... Read Full Overview

El hombre que fue Jueves es una novela policiaca, pero una novela policiaco-metaf sica -verdadera sublimaci n del g nero. Otro tanto pudiera decirse de todas las novelas de Chesterton, con excepci n del peque o ciclo del "Padre Brown". El perseguidor y el perseguido cobran una... Read Full Overview

Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) was an English journalist, poet, biographer, historian, debater, radio personality, and novelist who wrote more than 100 books on a wide variety of subjects. He is best known for his beloved Father Brown series of detective... Read Full Overview

This edition of Chesterton's masterpiece and most famous novel, The Man Who Was Thursday, explicates and enriches the complete text with extensive footnotes, together with an introductory essay on the metaphysical meaning of Chesterton's profound allegory. Martin Gardner... Read Full Overview

The Man Who Was Thursday, written by G.K. Chesterton in 1908, is a classic work of detective fiction that follows the adventures of Gabriel Syme as he infiltrates a secret anarchist organization of seven men known as "The Council of the Seven Days." Syme attempts to uncover the... Read Full Overview

"A powerful picture of the loneliness and bewilderment which each of us encounters in his single-handed struggle with the universe."
--C. S. Lewis

A clever detective infiltrates the Council of Days, a secret organization of anarchists with seven members, each disguised and named for a day of the week.

Gilbert Keith Chesterton, (29 May 1874 -14 June 1936), better known as G. K. Chesterton, was an English writer, poet, philosopher, dramatist, journalist, orator, lay theologian, biographer, and literary and art critic. Chesterton is often referred to as the "prince of paradox"... Read Full Overview

G.K. Chesterton was one of the most prolific writers of the 20th century, writing across numerous genres. His many newspaper columns, his detective stories, his philosophical analysis, and his theological exposition once made him a household name. Though not as well known... Read Full Overview

G. K. Chesterton's classic thriller. Set in Edwardian London, a Scotland Yard detective must infiltrate an anarchist cell, where he discovers that nothing is as it seems and mysterious identities are hidden.

The Man Who Was Thursday - A Nightmare is about an eccentric Scotland Yard detective named Syme who infiltrates a dangerous underworld anarchist group in London with the help of a poet he befriends. The taut adventure story that ensues is a unique blend of espionage and... Read Full Overview

A police officer infiltrates an underground anarchist group and earns the name Thursday, becoming a vital part of an assassination plot that has drastic consequences. Unbeknownst to him, the officer is being pulled into a much bigger scheme.

Gabriel Syme is... Read Full Overview

The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare By G.K. Chesterton - A Surreal, Philosophical Thriller That Defies Every Expectation Part metaphysical detective story, part political satire, part dreamscape fantasy, The Man Who Was Thursday is one of the strangest and most captivating... Read Full Overview

Step into G.K. Chesterton's surreal masterpiece, "The Man Who Was Thursday," where chaos and intrigue unfold in a thrilling tale of mystery and allegory. Gabriel Syme, a poet turned detective, infiltrates an anarchist council only to discover that each member bears a secret identity... Read Full Overview

First published in 1908, G. K. Chesterton's "The Man Who Was Thursday" has been described as a metaphysical thriller. It is the story of Gabriel Syme, who is recruited by Scotland Yard as part of an anti-anarchist task force. When he meets Lucian Gregory, a poet and member... Read Full Overview

una de las novelas ms populares del escritor y polemista britnico G.K. Chesterton, pertenece a U Una variedad literaria peculiar. Aunque su revestimiento externo es el de una ingeniosa trama policiaca, donde el suspense y la sorpresa juegan un papel destacado, la crtica ha credo... Read Full Overview

Illustrated edition: This special edition of The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare includes captivating illustrations, a detailed summary, an insightful author biography, and a comprehensive list of characters.

The Man Who Was Thursday, first published in 1908,... Read Full Overview

In Edwardian era London, Gabriel Syme is recruited at Scotland Yard to a secret anti-anarchist police corps. Gabriel soon finds himself at a secret underground anarchist meeting place, under oath not to disclose its existence to anyone. The central council consists of seven... Read Full Overview

The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare is a metaphysical thriller that was first published by G.K Chesterton in 1908. The plot begins when Gabriel Syme first gets recruited to a secret anarchist division of Scotland Yard. Heavy with both Christian and religious allegories, the... Read Full Overview

This 'metaphysical thriller' by G.K. Chesterton combines the surreal with the fantastical in a fast-paced mystery tale. The Man Who Was Thursday begins in Edwardian London, where a young man named Gabriel Syme finds himself approached by an agent of Scotland Yard. Promptly recruited... Read Full Overview