The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare
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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 council. But in a bizarre and surreal twist of events, Syme realises that five of the six members are not at all what they seem...Buy now!
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- ISBN: 9780755338863
- Author: G.K. Chesterton
- Pub date: 09.08.07
- RRP: $21.99
- Format: Paperback / softback
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.