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A carregar... The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare (1908)por G.K. Chesterton
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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. I didn't really like it. Apart from the very first revelation, I guessed every single one of them from the very first clue, which did not make me feel like Hercule Poirot but instead made me feel cheated. Basically I thought this was going to be a real thriller, perhaps even a nightmare, but instead it was a a clunky dud. This book (100 years old) has been called a metaphysical thriller, and now I see why. It's got a sort of whimsical grace, goofy bomb-throwing anarchists, fearful hallucinogenic writing, and lots of laugh-out-loud moments. I see the Prisoner in it, maybe some C.S. Lewis. It's told with a straight face, but sneaking occasional winks, and giving you farce while keeping a quiet honesty and reality. Totally worth reading. Pertence à Série da Editora — 8 mais Está contido emThe Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton, Vol. 06: The Club of Queer Trades, The Napoleon of Notting Hill, The Man Who Was Thursday por G.K. Chesterton A G.K. Chesterton omnibus,: Containing The Napoleon of Notting Hill, The man who was Thursday, The flying inn por G.K. Chesterton The Wit, Whimsy, and Wisdom of G. K. Chesterton, Volume 2: The Club of Queer Trades, The Man Who Was Thursday, The Man Who Knew Too Much por G.K. Chesterton Classic Crime Collection - 10 Books RRP£70.91 (Lady Audley's Secret, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, Raffles, Bleak House, Bulldog Drummond, Wulders Hand, Favourite Sherlock Holmes Stories, The Man Who was Thursday, The Collegians, The Riddle of the Sands) por Various Chesterton Fiction Collection: The Napoleon of Notting Hill, The Man Who Was Thursday, The Ball and the Cross, Manalive, The Man Who Knew Too Much por G.K. Chesterton Notable Lists
Set in London in the early 1900s, this metaphysical thriller follows undercover policeman Gabriel Syme, who, in partnership with a Scotland Yard task force, attempts to take down underground anarchists. Syme encounters Lucian Gregory, a passionate anarchist who eventually takes him to a secret meeting place. Once there, Syme begins to influence the anarchists and is eventually elected to the central council. In his attempts to destroy the council of anarchists from the inside, he starts to uncover more secrets, each more mysterious than the last. Thick with Christian symbolism, this classic G. K. Chesterton novel will have readers on the edge of their seat until the final secrets are revealed. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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Perhaps bizarrely, it reminded me a bit of The Magus. But much shorter, much more fun, and better written and - as a result of all those - more rewarding. ( )