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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

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

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 - 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

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

"... An extraordinary book, written as if the publisher had commissioned him to write something rather like The Pilgrim's Progress in the style of The Pickwick Papers."--Msgr. Ronald Knox
Perhaps best known to the general public as creator of the "Father Brown"... 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

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

It is very difficult to classify THE MAN WHO WAS THURSDAY. It is possible to say that it is a gripping adventure story of murderous criminals and brilliant policemen; but it was to be expected that the author should tell a detective story like no-one else. On this level, therefore,... 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.

An unabridged edition, to include: The Unusual Soir e - The Anarchists' Council - The Tale of a Detective - The Feast of Fear - The Exposure - The Unaccountable Conduct of Professor de Worms - The Man in Spectacles - The Duel - The Criminals Chase the Police - The Earth in Anarchy... 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

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