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PublisherAtlantic Books, The Limited

ISBN-101843549050

ISBN-139781843549055

eBay Product ID (ePID)73941210

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Book TitleMan Who Was Thursday

Number of Pages188 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2011

TopicClassics, Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural, Crime, Mystery & Detective / Traditional

GenreFiction

AuthorG.K. Chesterton

Book SeriesCrime Classics Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight6.2 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5 in

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

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition22

Afterword byGiddings, Robert

Dewey DecimalFIC

SynopsisWidely considered Chesterton's masterpiece, The Man Who Was Thursday (subtitled 'A Nightmare' by Chesterton) is rooted firmly in its time and place - a phantasmagoric turn-of-the-century London where police are poets and anarchists abound. Our hero, Police Detective (and poet) Gabriel Syme, is chosen by Scotland Yard to undertake a top secret undercover mission: he must infiltrate the Central European Council of Anarchists. Each of the seven-member Council goes by the name of a weekday, and Syme himself is elected 'Thursday'. Syme must avoid discovery, undo his many colleagues, and save the world. But the further he is drawn into this world beyond humanity, the more he fears the worst - what if the council are on the side of right?, A group of anarchists dedicated to overthrowing the world order are under surveillance by Scotland Yard and are about to be infiltrated, in this fast-moving, funny, surreal detective story with a highly anarchic take on anarchy Gabriel Syme is dispatched by Scotland Yard on a secret mission to infiltrate the Central Anarchist Council--an organization plotting to bring down the existing social order. The seven members of the group are named after days of the week, with the mysterious Sunday, who calls himself "the Sabbath and the peace of God," as their leader and mastermind. Having successfully infiltrated their ranks, Syme himself becomes known as "Thursday." But he soon finds himself in a surreal waking nightmare, in which the lines between freedom and order, fact and fiction, become irrevocably blurred. Written in 1908, and drawing heavily on contemporary fears of anarchist conspiracies and bomb plots, this tale of panic and paranoia remains uncannily relevant. It is a fascinating mystery, a spellbinding allegory, and an entirely chilling classic of crime fiction.

LC Classification NumberPR4453.C4M4 2008