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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Syme uses his new acquaintance to go undercover in Europe's Central Anarchist Council and infiltrate their deadly mission. And as a desperate chase across Europe begins, his confusion grows, as well as his confidence in his ability to outwit his enemies. But he has still to face... Read Full Overview

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.

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 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

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

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

The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare is a novel by G. K. Chesterton, first published in 1908. The book is sometimes referred to as a metaphysical thriller.

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

"El hombre que fue Jueves" supuso un hito en la carrera literaria de Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936), y apuntal? su fama merecida de "maestro de las paradojas".En un Londres m?s cercano al surrealismo que a la realidad, el inspector de polic?a Gabriel Syme persigue con denuedo... Read Full Overview