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The Best Of Father Brown (Crime Masterworks)

The Best Of Father Brown (Crime Masterworks)

by G . K . Chesterton (Author)

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    Paperback 2002

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    Paperback 1991

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    Paperback 1993

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Synopsis

G.K. Chesterton's quiet and unassuming little priest has long since joined the pantheon of great literary detectives. Combining the shrewdness of Miss Marple, the insight of Sherlock Holmes and the punctiliousness of Hercule Poirot with the deep and intuitive knowledge of the dark secrets of human nature gained in the confessional, Father Brown is perhaps better equipped than any of them to uncover the startling truth whenever murder, mayhem and mystery stalk society.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 304
 Edition: New edition
 Publisher: Orion
Published: 15 Aug 2002
ISBN 10: 0752851683
ISBN 13: 9780752851686
Book Overview: Father Brown is one of the greatest, and most enduring, of all fictional detectives 'The only body of such short work comparable to Conan Doyle's, notably better written, and includes some of the best detective stories ever written' David Langford 'Chesterton's vigour, idiosyncracies, optimism, puns and paradoxes celebrate the oddity of life and the diversity of people and places' The Oxford Companion to Literature 'Father Brown has the wisdom of the child, the directness to go to the heart of things and see them as they are...And in his child-like vision the truth of many dark matters is made to shine out' H.R.F. Keating 'He wrote con amore, with immense verve and splendid vividness' Crime and Mystery: The 100 Best Books

Author Bio
Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) was born in Campden Hill, London and educated at St Paul's School and the Slade School of Art and then made his name as a journalist. His first two books were volumes of verse and then in 1904 he wrote The Napoleon of Notting Hill. He followed this with studies of Dickens and Robert Browning and The Man Who Was Thursday. The first Father Brown book, The Innocence of Father Brown, appeared in 1911. In 1922 he was received into the Roman Catholic Church. During his life he produced more than a hundred books, including various religious writings, poetry and essays. He also illustrated the novels of his friend, Hilaire Belloc.