Author: G. K. Chesterton
Publisher: Ignatius Press
ISBN: 9781586170424
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
In a surreal turn-of-the century London, Gabriel Syme is recruited to a secret anti-anarchist task force at Scotland Yard. The central anarchist council consists of seven men, each named for a day of the week. Syme maneuvers to be elected to the council, and becomes Thursday.
The Man Who Was Thursday
Author: G. K. Chesterton
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781438223865
Category : Anarchists
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
It is very difficult to classify "The Man Who Was Thursday." It is possible to say that it is a gripping adventure story of murderous criminals and brilliant policemen; but it was to be expected that the author of the "Father Brown" stories should tell a detective story like no-one else. On this level, therefore, "The Man Who Was Thursday" succeeds superbly; if nothing else, it is a magnificent tour-de-force of suspense-writing. However, the reader will soon discover that it is much more than that. Carried along on the boisterous rush of the narrative by Chesterton's wonderful high-spirited style. You will soon see that you are being carried into much deeper waters than you planned on; and the totally unforeseeable denouement will prove, as it has for thousands of others since 1908 when the book was first published, an inevitable and moving experience, as the investigators finally discover who Sunday is.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781438223865
Category : Anarchists
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
It is very difficult to classify "The Man Who Was Thursday." It is possible to say that it is a gripping adventure story of murderous criminals and brilliant policemen; but it was to be expected that the author of the "Father Brown" stories should tell a detective story like no-one else. On this level, therefore, "The Man Who Was Thursday" succeeds superbly; if nothing else, it is a magnificent tour-de-force of suspense-writing. However, the reader will soon discover that it is much more than that. Carried along on the boisterous rush of the narrative by Chesterton's wonderful high-spirited style. You will soon see that you are being carried into much deeper waters than you planned on; and the totally unforeseeable denouement will prove, as it has for thousands of others since 1908 when the book was first published, an inevitable and moving experience, as the investigators finally discover who Sunday is.
The Man Who Was Thursday
Author: G. K. Chesterton
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141191465
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
Can you trust yourself when you don't know who you are? In a park in London, secret policeman Gabriel Syme strikes up a conversation with an anarchist. Sworn to do his duty, Syme uses his new acquaintance to go undercover in Europe's Central Anarchist Council and infiltrate their deadly mission, even managing to have himself voted to the position of 'Thursday'. When Syme discovers another undercover policeman on the Council, however, he starts to question his role in their operations. And as a desperate chase across Europe begins, his confusion grows, as well as his confidence in his ability to outwit his enemies. But he has still to face the greatest terror that the Council has: a man named Sunday, whose true nature is worse than Syme could ever have imagined ...
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141191465
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
Can you trust yourself when you don't know who you are? In a park in London, secret policeman Gabriel Syme strikes up a conversation with an anarchist. Sworn to do his duty, Syme uses his new acquaintance to go undercover in Europe's Central Anarchist Council and infiltrate their deadly mission, even managing to have himself voted to the position of 'Thursday'. When Syme discovers another undercover policeman on the Council, however, he starts to question his role in their operations. And as a desperate chase across Europe begins, his confusion grows, as well as his confidence in his ability to outwit his enemies. But he has still to face the greatest terror that the Council has: a man named Sunday, whose true nature is worse than Syme could ever have imagined ...
The Thursday Murder Club
Author: Richard Osman
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1984880985
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
A New York Times bestseller | Soon to be a major motion picture “Witty, endearing and greatly entertaining.” —Wall Street Journal “Don’t trust anyone, including the four septuagenarian sleuths in Osman’s own laugh-out-loud whodunit.” —Parade Four septuagenarians with a few tricks up their sleeves A female cop with her first big case A brutal murder Welcome to... THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly in the Jigsaw Room to discuss unsolved crimes; together they call themselves the Thursday Murder Club. When a local developer is found dead with a mysterious photograph left next to the body, the Thursday Murder Club suddenly find themselves in the middle of their first live case. As the bodies begin to pile up, can our unorthodox but brilliant gang catch the killer, before it's too late?
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1984880985
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
A New York Times bestseller | Soon to be a major motion picture “Witty, endearing and greatly entertaining.” —Wall Street Journal “Don’t trust anyone, including the four septuagenarian sleuths in Osman’s own laugh-out-loud whodunit.” —Parade Four septuagenarians with a few tricks up their sleeves A female cop with her first big case A brutal murder Welcome to... THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly in the Jigsaw Room to discuss unsolved crimes; together they call themselves the Thursday Murder Club. When a local developer is found dead with a mysterious photograph left next to the body, the Thursday Murder Club suddenly find themselves in the middle of their first live case. As the bodies begin to pile up, can our unorthodox but brilliant gang catch the killer, before it's too late?
The Man Who Was Thursday
Author: G. K. Chesterton
Publisher: Ignatius Press
ISBN: 9781586170424
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
In a surreal turn-of-the century London, Gabriel Syme is recruited to a secret anti-anarchist task force at Scotland Yard. The central anarchist council consists of seven men, each named for a day of the week. Syme maneuvers to be elected to the council, and becomes Thursday.
Publisher: Ignatius Press
ISBN: 9781586170424
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
In a surreal turn-of-the century London, Gabriel Syme is recruited to a secret anti-anarchist task force at Scotland Yard. The central anarchist council consists of seven men, each named for a day of the week. Syme maneuvers to be elected to the council, and becomes Thursday.
The Man Who Was Thursday
Author: Г. Честертон
Publisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 5874319956
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 107
Book Description
Publisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 5874319956
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 107
Book Description
The Man Who Was Thursday
Author: Gilbert Keith Chesterton
Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag
ISBN: 3849678989
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Mr. Chesterton is such a past-master in sophistries and casuistry, such a juggler of paradoxes, such an adept in the arts whereby the brilliant and quick-witted pull the wool over the eyes of their less gifted brethren, that he can give full and serious credibility to his tale of the astounding adventures of the detective who was admitted into the innermost circle of anarchists. It is the poetic anarchist, with hair like a Madonna's and the face of a prize-fighter, who tries (unsuccessfully) to become Thursday.
Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag
ISBN: 3849678989
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Mr. Chesterton is such a past-master in sophistries and casuistry, such a juggler of paradoxes, such an adept in the arts whereby the brilliant and quick-witted pull the wool over the eyes of their less gifted brethren, that he can give full and serious credibility to his tale of the astounding adventures of the detective who was admitted into the innermost circle of anarchists. It is the poetic anarchist, with hair like a Madonna's and the face of a prize-fighter, who tries (unsuccessfully) to become Thursday.
The Man who was Thursday
Author: Gilbert Keith Chesterton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anarchists
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
'Lucian Gregory and Gabriel Syme both dress as poets. In this disturbing fantasy, one is an Anarchist and the other is a policeman. In the surreal anarchist world they inhabit one of them is voted onto the Anarchists' Council of Days and becomes 'Thursday'. The Nightmare has just begun' [From online catalogue of Murder One, 11th November, 2004].
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anarchists
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
'Lucian Gregory and Gabriel Syme both dress as poets. In this disturbing fantasy, one is an Anarchist and the other is a policeman. In the surreal anarchist world they inhabit one of them is voted onto the Anarchists' Council of Days and becomes 'Thursday'. The Nightmare has just begun' [From online catalogue of Murder One, 11th November, 2004].
The Man Who Was Thursday
Author: Chesterton G.K.
Publisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 5521057315
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
Гилберт Кит Честертон – один из классиков английской литературы XX века, известный своими яркими персонажами, тонким юмором и необычными сюжетами. "Человек, который был Четвергом" – это сатирическая притча о вечном противостоянии анархистов и сторонников порядка, двух половинок человеческой сущности. Роман содержит в себе философскую составляющую, облачённую в сюрреалистическую обложку абсурда, а читатель до самого конца не подозревает, к чему же приведёт сюжет... Читайте зарубежную литературу в оригинале!
Publisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 5521057315
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
Гилберт Кит Честертон – один из классиков английской литературы XX века, известный своими яркими персонажами, тонким юмором и необычными сюжетами. "Человек, который был Четвергом" – это сатирическая притча о вечном противостоянии анархистов и сторонников порядка, двух половинок человеческой сущности. Роман содержит в себе философскую составляющую, облачённую в сюрреалистическую обложку абсурда, а читатель до самого конца не подозревает, к чему же приведёт сюжет... Читайте зарубежную литературу в оригинале!
The Man Who Was Thursday; A Nightmare
Author: G. K. Chesterton
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3387012071
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3387012071
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare
Author: Гилберт Кит Честертон
Publisher: Litres
ISBN: 5040758111
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
Publisher: Litres
ISBN: 5040758111
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description