The Man Who Was Thursday: Original Unabridged Version

by G. K. Chesterton

Overview

G.K. Chesterton's book of brilliant satirical paradox is based on this idea: to make anarchy seem commonplace, conventional, with law and order appearing radical, revolutionary. Chesterton stands iconoclasm on its head. The characters in this story take their names from the days of the week. A bitter detective bent on breaking the ring of anarchists becomes involuntarily enrolled among them, and is obliged to participate in their plot to assassinate the French president.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781500903039
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	08/22/2014
Series:	Chesterton Classics , #1
Pages:	334
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

British writer GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON (1874-1936) expounded prolifically about his wide-ranging philosophies. A man of strong opinions, with a humorous style that earned him the title of the "prince of paradox," he is impossible to categorize as "liberal" or "conservative": he was a literary critic, historian, playwright, novelist, columnist, and poet. His thousands of essays and 80 books remain among the most beloved in the English language.