This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper. Arguably the author's finest work, certainly his most popular, The Man Who Was Thursday is a wild, mad, hilarious and profoundly moving tale that ultimately defies classification. The Man Who Was Thursday, in full The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare, allegorical novel by G.K. Its criminally under-read youd be doing the world (and an excellent, neglected author) a favour. What follows is one of the most absurd and clever plots to ever have been written, one in which Chesterton's wonderfully high-spirited prose carries the reader along in a boisterous rush. Here are five reasons why you should read The Man Who Was Thursday next. Gabriel convinces the local chapter to elect him to the vacant position of Thursday and he soon discovers that he is not the only one pretending to be something that he is not. The group is lead by a central council of seven men, each named for a day of the week. When he meets Lucian Gregory, a poet and member of a secret society of anarchists, he gains access to the underground movement. Why should it The poor have been rebels, but they have never been anarchists they have more interest than anyone else in there being some decent government. It is the story of Gabriel Syme, who is recruited by Scotland Yard as part of an anti-anarchist task force. (Gilbert Keith), The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare 71 likes Like You've got that eternal idiotic idea that if anarchy came it would come from the poor. Chesterton's The Man Who Was Thursday has been described as a metaphysical thriller.
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