The Man Who Was Thursday

Chesterton first published in 1908.

The man who was thursday. But it is mystery that grows more mysterious until it is nothing less than the mystery of creation itself this is chesterton s most famous novel. Wodehouse writing from a phillip k. Following a disgraceful turn at his local parish father smith is called. Free shipping on qualifying offers.

This edition of chesterton s masterpiece and most famous novel the man who was thursday explicates and enriches the complete text with extensive footnotes together with an introductory essay on the metaphysical meaning of chesterton s profound allegory. The man who was thursday is a metaphysical thriller chronicling father smith s faustian descent into the roman underworld. Syme recruited by the police to infiltrate an anarchist group whose members adopt the names of the week goes on a madcap and confused chase where nothing and no one is what it seems. Dick plot while on a nyquil bender.

Plot summary add synopsis. The man who was thursday reads like p g. That young man with the long auburn hair and the impudent face that young man was not really a poet. It begins with two poets arguing in the park about whether poetry is more akin to law or anarchy.

On this level therefore the man who was thursday succeeds superbly. The man who was thursday is inspired by the existentialist novel of the same name by g k. The man who was thursday. The man who was thursday chesterton g.

Chesterton s 1908 nightmarish and suspenseful mystery the man who was thursday weathers the storm of time very well. A nightmareis a novel by g. Chesterton the man who was thursday. But surely he was a poem g k.

The man who was thursday. However the reader will soon discover that it is much more than that. The book is sometimes referred to as a metaphysicalthriller.