The Man Who Knew Too Much

by G. K. Chesterton

Overview

Harold March, the rising reviewer and social critic, was walking vigorously across a great tableland of moors and commons, the horizon of which was fringed with the far-off woods of the famous estate of Torwood Park. He was a good-looking young man in tweeds, with very pale curly hair and pale clear eyes. Walking in wind and sun in the very landscape of liberty, he was still young enough to remember his politics and not merely try to forget them

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781515437291
Publisher:	Wilder Publications
Publication date:	04/03/2018
Pages:	124
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.31(d)

About the Author

G.K Chesterton (1874-1936) is an English author, philosopher, and respected critic of literature and art. Chesterton was a very religious man, and was so interested in theology that he is considered a lay theologian. Much of his work dealt with topics of theology and philosophy. Chesterton became politically active during the last years of his life, advocating against both capitalism and socialism. With the inclusion of both religious and political philosophy, the G.K Chesterton made invaluable contributions to theology, economics, and literature.

Table of Contents

I.	The Face in the Target	1
II.	The Vanishing Prince	21
III.	The Soul of the Schoolboy	41
IV.	The Bottomless Well	56
V.	The Fad of the Fisherman	73
VI.	The Hole in the Wall	92
VII.	The Temple of Silence	116
VIII.	The Vengeance of the Statue	140

Editorial Reviews

Dazzlingly executed and richly atmospheric.”

Armchair Detective

G.K. Chesterton, creator of the Father Brown mysteries, essayist, and author of religious commentaries, wrote this mystery in 1922. It’s a series of eight tangentially interconnected mysteries featuring Horne Fisher, a high-level bureaucrat who uses his inside knowledge and deductive reasoning to solve murders involving the political elite. Derek Perkins narrates these short stories, rendering perfectly the reserved, confident voices of English aristocrats. The mysteries, set in a mythical prewar England, are narrated subtly and unemotionally—Perkins’s tone is reserved, his words clearly enunciated. Regrettably, the stories show their age. But the audiobook’s strengths include Chesterton’s elegant prose and clever similes as well as Perkins’s beautiful baritone voice. D.L.G. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine

JANUARY 2018 - AudioFile