The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare
a nightmare
$31.41
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
8 August 2007
Summary
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Surreal Anarchist Thriller
A group of anarchists are under surveillance by Scotland Yard in Chesterton’s hugely popular metaphysical thriller.
The Supreme Anarchists Council is dedicated to overthrowing the world order. To keep their identities a secret, each of them has been named a day of the week. Gabriel Syme, an eccentric poet, is recruited by Scotland Yard to infiltrate the group. He tracks down the six men and manages to win a place on the …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780755338863 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0755338863 |
| Series: | Review |
| Author: | G.K. Chesterton |
| Publisher: | Headline Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Headline Review |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 8 August 2007 |
| Weight: | 170g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 131mm x 16mm |
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Gloriously entertaining
Gloriously entertaining * Simon Hammond, The Guardian *
About The Author
G.K. Chesterton
Gilbert Keith Chesterton was born in 1874, the son of a prosperous estate agent in west London. After working in publishing for a few years, he became a regular newspaper columnist. As well as being a great debater and well-known social critic, Chesterton wrote around eighty books, several hundred poems, some two hundred short stories, four thousand essays as well as a number of plays. THE MAN WHO WAS THURSDAY is perhaps his best-known novel. He died in 1936.
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