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The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare

The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare

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A group of anarchists dedicated to overthrowing the world order are under surveillance by Scotland Yard, and Detective Gabriel Syme must infiltrate their ranks. Dreamlike, prophetic, and funny, "The Man Who Was Thursday" is a fast-moving and surreal boys' own detective story, and a highly anarchic take on anarchy.Widely considered Chesterton's masterpiece, "The Man Who Was Thursday" (subtitled "A Nightmare" by Chesterton) is firmly rooted in its time and place - a phantasmagoric turn-of-the-century London where police are poets and anarchists abound. Our hero, Police Detective (and poet) Gabriel Syme, is chosen by Scotland Yard to undertake a top secret undercover mission: he must infiltrate the Central European Council of Anarchists. Each of the seven-member Council goes by the name of a weekday, and Syme himself is elected 'Thursday'. Syme must avoid discovery, undo his new colleagues, and save the world. But the further he is drawn into this world beyond humanity, the more he fears the worst - what if the council are on the side of right?

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 192
 Publisher: Atlantic Books
Published: 01 Dec 2008
ISBN 10: 1843549050
ISBN 13: 9781843549055
Book Overview: A group of anarchists dedicated to overthrowing the world order are under surveillance by Scotland Yard, and Detective Gabriel Syme must infiltrate their ranks. Dreamlike, prophetic, and funny, The Man Who Was Thursday is a fast-moving and surreal boys' own detective story, and a highly anarchic take on anarchy.

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'A powerful picture of the loneliness and bewilderment which each of us encounters in his single-handed struggle with the universe.' C. S. Lewis
Author Bio

G. K. Chesterton has been described as one of the most unjustly neglected writers of our time. Born in 1874, he became a journalist and later began writing books and pamphlets. Perhaps best known for his popular Father Brown stories, his work includes novels, literary and social criticism, political papers and spiritual essays. Chesterton is one of the few authors who are genuinely timeless and whose work has as much relevance today as when it was written.

Robert Giddings is a literary critic and broadcaster who regularly writes for publications including the Tribune and the Dickensian. He is the author of A Student's Guide to Charles Dickens, and co-author with Keith Selby of The Classic Serial on Television and Radio.