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The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)

by G K Chesterton

The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) Cover

ISBN13: 9780140183887
ISBN10: 0140183884
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The Man Who Was Thursday is a compellingly suspenseful, somewhat melodramatic, oftentimes surreal fairytale for adults. Some characters intrigue more than others, but the real characters are ideas — Chesterton's philosophical musings on how the human animal wrestles her way through a cold world with her belief structures not just intact, but providing solace and inspiration to her heart and mind.
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Widely considered as Chesterton's masterpiece, The Man Who Was Thursday (1908) defies classification. Subtitled 'A nightmare' by Chesterton, on one level it is a fast-moving and surreal detective story. Drawing on contemporary fears of anarchist conspiracies and bomb outrages, The Man Who Was Thursday is firmly rooted in its time and place - turn-of-the-century London - but it also defies temporal boundaries. Police Detective Syme finds himself drawn into a world that seems to have gone beyond humanity when he is elected 'Thursday', one of the members of the Central European Council of seven monarchs. Dreamlike, prophetic, and frequently funny, the novel attacks contemporary pessimism and, through a bizarre series of pursuits and unmaskings, returns Syme - and us - to earth more aware of its beauty, promise, and creative potential.

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ISBN:
9780140183887
Subtitle:
A Nightmare
Introduction:
Amis, Kingsley
Introduction:
Amis, Kingsley
Author:
Amis, Kingsley
Author:
Chesterton, G. K.
Author:
Amis, Kingsley
Publisher:
Penguin Books
Location:
London ;
Subject:
General
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Classics
Subject:
British and irish fiction (fictional works by
Subject:
London (england)
Subject:
British and irish
Subject:
Mystery & Detective - Police Procedural
Subject:
Mystery & detective
Subject:
Traditional british
Subject:
Allegories
Subject:
Anarchists
Subject:
Detective and mystery stories
Subject:
Fantasy fiction
Series:
Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics
Series Volume:
map MF-1601-B
Publication Date:
April 1995
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
192
Dimensions:
7.62x5.36x.46 in. .33 lbs.
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